Jim Dobson

From dune buggies in the Caribbean and cheetah sprints in Botswana to pandemonium in a Lagos market, meet the 21-year-old livestreamer Expedia is betting on to connect with the next generation of travelers.

From a Swarovski billionaire's retreat in the Venice lagoon to a Connecticut island owned by a $2.8 billion American dynasty for over a century, some of the world's rarest family properties are changing hands as a younger generation of wealthy buyers moves in.

N o one has ever found a Yeti body, a confirmed bone, or even a strand of DNA from an unknown Himalayan primate. Yet the legend continues.

An underground Cold War shelter in Nova Scotia is being converted into 50 private suites, with plans for a spa, gourmet dining and enough food, water and power to operate for months behind sealed blast doors.

Main entrance to The Diefenbaker Most luxury hotels sell the view, but The Diefenbaker has no windows.

A fire-breathing dragon with 60-foot wings, a 72-foot shark and a sinking Titanic are among the extraordinary moving sculptures and large-scale artworks rising from the Nevada desert this year.

From a $99,900 jet-powered speeder bike to a $39,900 aircraft that folds into a pickup truck, a new generation of personal flying machines is accepting orders, completing test flights and preparing for delivery.

These aircraft have advanced beyond the many flying-car concepts that came before them. Some are being delivered, others have sold out future production, and factories are being prepared to build them at scale.

From castle distilleries in Scotland and whiskey hotels in Ireland to working stills in Canada, Sweden and the United States, plus rare bottlings in Japan and Tasmania, these properties are turning whiskey into a destination of its own.

Truthful Hills will spread across 1,290 acres near Vang Vieng, with treehouses, a mountain cable car, horse racing, clifftop restaurants and a wellness retreat planned for one of Southeast Asia’s most dramatic valleys.