The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: More Posts About Buildings and Food

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  04.13.07 | 8:00 AM ET

And airplanes and, uh, guns, too. This week the Zeitgeist takes travelers to Oklahoma, Oregon, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain and Pakistan.

imageMost E-Mailed Travel Story
USA Today (current)
New National Historic Landmarks in 10 States
* Shown here: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Most E-mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
36 Hours in Portland, Ore.

Most Read Weblog Post
World Hum (this week)
Passenger on Northwest Pilot: ‘He Was Having a Fit, Swearing Up a Storm’

Most Viewed Travel Story
Telegraph (current)
The Costas Turn Chic and Cheerful

Most Read Weblog Category
World Hum (this week)
Italy

Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Wikitravel
* Bad publicity, good publicity and now more good publicity for the user-driven site. 

imageTop Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
* This book became a movie with Diane Lane. 

Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
* This book will become a movie with Julia Roberts.

Top Rated “Your Pick” Video
LonelyPlanet.tv (current)
Hong Kong Guerilla Guide

Top Favorite Travel & Places Video
YouTube (this week)
Pakistan’s Gun Market

Most Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Travel With Rick Steves
* This Week: “Sicily: The Island of Organized Chaos”

Most Popular Travel Story
Netscape (this week)
Top 10: Weekend Adventures
* From the Canadian edition of AskMen.com.

Most Viewed Travel Story
Los Angeles Times (current)
Landing of Airbus A380 Jet at LAX Should be Huge
* Still?

The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
The hugest airplane landing in the world

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Photo of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma by topato,  via Flickr. (Creative Commons)