- Last week, National Geographic presented President Obama with a map cabinet. This tradition has been going on since World War II, when Gilbert H. Grosvenor gave one to then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Check out the NatGeo News Watch to read more.
- Xanterra Parks & Resorts recently purchased rail cars from GrandLuxe Rail Journeys, which stopped operating in 2008. Xanterra plans to use the cars "to enhance the national parks experience."
- Paris, New York, Rome, London--you know the list of the world's most popular destinations. But there are plenty of great places that don't hit top tourism marks. Gadling's got a great list of the world's "second cities," from Osaka, Japan; Wellington, New Zealand; Melbourne, Australia; and Salvador, Brazil.
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