The Louvre may be the world's premier museum, with over 35,000 items on display, including the Mona Lisa.

Situated at St Pancras in central London this library boasts of its magnificence and glory. It is the world's largest library holding around 150 million items including books, journals, magazines, patents and music recordings.

You may not realize it, but you’ve probably already seen Antelope Canyon in Arizona. This stunning natural rock formation is one of the most photographed canyons in the country and has been in numerous films and textbooks.

Most storybooks would fall short of describing the picturesque castle and grounds of Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

This is the 500th post on eyeflare.com. Since 2001, when I published the first post on this site, I've now put up 499 posts before now.

New year equals new travel resolutions. Or rather, in my case, re-visiting some old ones. I am however, going to change some travel habits this year. With that said, here are my travel resolutions for 2009.

Lonely Planet in shocking author admission of plagiarism and corruption. Roman catacombs, Civil War destinations, and more airline bankruptcies. It's a 'fun' week in travel.

Wardrobe tips for India, declining U.S. tourism and faltering airlines, and how to get free stuff in the UK are all in this week's crop of articles.

A new series of eco-travel guides has launched for the United Kingdom. These ecoescape guides to "responsible escapism" feature 'slow travel', green places to stay, local food and drink and eco-friendly day trips.

More reading for a Monday morning. Here are my best finds for articles during the last week.

My new favorite guidebooks are Moleskine's City Notebooks. Instead of telling you what they think is best, they give you a map and empty pages to write down your favorites instead!

New York City, the city that never sleeps. A metropolitan world city for hundreds of years and one of the world's most impressive destinations. Here we share our best New York tips.

If you're visiting London, a stop at a classic greasy spoon cafe is a must for a genuine experience.

Coyoacan is a gorgeous leafy suburb of Mexico City. A place to spend half a day visiting markets, eating and seeing Frida Kahlo's museum.

By an amazing twist in literary evolution there is a lucid, well-versed scientific writer on evolutionary genetics where there was none before. Fact is, Richard Dawkins is one of only very few brilliant scientists who can also write coherently.

If you're looking for new things to read, check out some of my recent finds.

Anansi Boys takes the character and background of the African (or by now African-American) god Anansi and plays with the god mythos with highly original results.

Ignatius J. O'Reilly is a fat blob, a reactionary medievalist, a reclusive from the world he sees as depraved and infinitely lowbrow. He's the last beacon of morality and geometry, at least in his own paranoid mind.

This is not a book about troop movements, military strategy, political foul play, or even about the politics of human aid organizations. It is a book about the Balkan people and what happened to them.

A rough ride through some of the worst things to happen in modern times is what Jon Steele serves up in this book.