NATALIJA UGRINA

The Bank Hotel in Stockholm doesn't hide what it used to be — original bronze doors, carved stonework, and the old bank's engravings still intact. There's a specific kind of thrill that hits when you walk into a hotel lobby and realize the floor under your feet used to be a bank floor. The marble is too grand for a place that just wants to sell you a room. The ceilings are too high. There's a vault door somewhere, repurposed into a bar or a walk-in closet or, if you're lucky,

Outside the historic Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, one of the most haunted hotels in America. There are some hotels where you sleep peacefully… and then there are the ones where every creaking floorboard suddenly sounds like footsteps in the hallway at 3 a.m. America is filled with historic hotels that are famous not only for luxury and architecture, but also for strange paranormal stories that refuse to disappear. Some hosted celebrities and presidents. Others witnessed t

As I meandered along the legendary Route 66, affectionately dubbed the "Mother Road," my travels brought me to a place that felt like...

Hello my fellow world travelers! I just got back from the most amazing trip to Antigua Guatemala, Imagine sleeping in a place that was...

In the early hours of December 31st, as the clock approached 2 AM, our spontaneous New Year's Eve plans took an unexpected turn. Faced...