Someone Spent $5.6 Million On What Was Once The World's Fastest Car
Once the fastest production car on the planet, the McLaren F1 just set a new sort of record: price.British auto dealer Tom Hartley, Jr. has sold one of the rare 1998 cars for more than £3.5 million...
View ArticleThe 10 Greatest Adventurers Of The Year
For the past eight years, National Geographic has been rounding up the 10 greatest adventurers from around the globe.The men and women selected this year are explorers, artists, humanitarians, and...
View ArticleThese Manhattan Buildings Are Still Uninhabitable After Hurricane Sandy
While SoPo is largely no more, some Manhattanites are still without power and homeless.A number of residential buildings in the Financial District and on the East Side are still unlivable because their...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: A Goliath Mansion In London Just Hit The Market For $160...
London's One Cornwall Terrace has hit the market for $160 million, according to the International Business Times.The mansion is named after King George IV, who was originally the Duke Of Cornwall.The...
View ArticleWhy Major Art Museums Are Going Gaga For Islamic Art
Last month, Paris's Louvre museum opened its new Islamic Art Wing amidst uproar over the series of controversial Mohammed cartoons that were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to the...
View ArticleHere's What It's Like To Stay At 'The Best Hotel In The World'
Travel + Leisure has named Singita Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park the "best hotel in the world" for the past two years.So when the Tanzania Tourist Board invited me to visit, I...
View ArticleSPOTTED: A $300,000 Ferrari Outside A Swanky Hotel
Great cars look best when they're in great locations, and this photo of a Ferrari 599 GTB parked in the driveway of the five-star St Regis Hotel in Atlanta is proof.With a price tag above $300,000,...
View ArticleThe 8 Best Islands In The World
Now that the weather is turning cold, people in the northern hemisphere are dreaming about heading south to lie on a tropical beach somewhere warm.But with so many incredible islands around the world,...
View ArticleChipotle Is Experimenting With 'Latin-Themed' Craft Beer
Chipotle is recognizing that craft beer could be a big thing for upscale "fast casual" fast food restaurants.It's experimenting to see how craft beer will do with the mainstream customer by adding a...
View ArticleThe Most Ostentatious Party In US History
Although we're in the most plutocratic era in history, according to a new book by former FT editor Chrystia Freeland, the Gilded Age of the-late nineteenth century came pretty close.It's hard to...
View ArticleCommuters Are Fighting To Get On The Few Trains Running Out Of Post-Sandy...
With the L train still down, commuters from Brooklyn's Williamsburg are flooding the J, M and Z trains. Today may be the worst day yet, as people return to work and bikers take the train to avoid bad...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About Getting High In Colorado And Washington
On Tuesday Colorado and Washington voters became the first states to pass referendums legalizing marijuana for recreational use.Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D), who opposed Amendment 64,...
View ArticleLeonardo DiCaprio Wants To Sell This Beachfront Pad In Malibu For $23 Million
After putting his beachfront home in Malibu on the rental market earlier this year for $150,000 a month, Leonardo DiCaprio has decided to unload it for good.He just listed the mansion for $23 million,...
View ArticleThe Craziest Things We Learned In That Book About Sex At Yale
We finally read a review copy of Sex And God At Yale, the controversial book by conservative commentator Nathan Harden that came out in August.As many critics have said, the book gets pretty...
View ArticleTory Burch's Trial Judge Calls Her Case A 'Drunken WASP Fest'
Tory Burch's trial judge has spoken to Women's Wear Daily, calling the case a "drunken WASP fest."WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, and is basically a synonym for East Coast yuppies.The...
View ArticleSouth Korea's Insane Plan To Build A $290 Billion Resort To Rival Macau
South Korean media has been abuzz for the last few weeks with the tales of 8City, a proposed $290 billion leisure and gaming destination.AFP reports that the building is planned for Yongyu-Muui island...
View ArticleQatar Airways' Business Class Terminal In Doha Is Incredibly Cushy
For most travelers, a seven-hour layover between connecting flights sounds like a nightmare. But for Qatar Airways' first- and business-class passengers at Doha International Airport, the experience is...
View ArticleWE'RE HIRING: Join The Business Insider Team As A Paid Editorial Intern This...
Business Insider is looking for paid interns to join our editorial team this winter, starting in January.Don't be dismayed by the term "intern." At Business Insider, there's no getting coffee or making...
View ArticleThe L.A. Mansion Where Michael Jackson Died Finally Sold For $18M
The final home where Michael Jackson was able to stare at "The Man in the Mirror" for the very last time has finally sold.The 18,000-square-foot, French chateau-style Holmby Hills estate, which was on...
View ArticleWhat Supermodel Adriana Lima Eats To Get Ready For The Victoria's Secret...
Supermodel Adriana Lima just had a baby. Even so, she'll definitely be ready to walk in this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.While other models, like Gisele Bundchen, claim to eat steak and...
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