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Seed art on display at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

07/10/26

A fun new exhibit on view at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) features a very Minnesotan art tradition: crop (or seed) art. The seed‑crafted mosaics on display feature curated and award-winning selections from the more than 450 entries of crop art entered into the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Crop Art and Scarecrow Competition, which debuted […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

“Save a life, not a bag” campaign for air travelers

Alaska Airlines debuts swanky PDX lounge + SEA & MIA Airports celebrate soccer

Horizon Air’s fun ‘Toy Story 5’ livery

Alaska Airlines now flies between Seattle and London

JetBlue’s Blueprint livery is back

See KLM’s new limited-edition miniature Delft Blue House

Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

Three travel tidbits

09/10/25

Miami International Airport’s MIA Galleries and the Deering Estate’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program have joined forces to host The Deering Estate AT MIA: AIR Archive at the airport. This is a screening of four short films highlighting past and present Deering Estate AIRs John William Bailly, Andrés Cabrera-García, Giannina Dwin, and Tony Fernandez. The films, produced by […]

BBQ championship winners move into Kansas City Int’l Airport

09/09/25

Kansas City is all about its barbecue. There are more than 100 barbecue restaurants, a BBQ passport, BBQ bus tours and a Museum of BBQ. And barbecue is readily available at multiple restaurants in Kansas City International Airport (MCI), which opened a snazzy new terminal in 2023. One of the places is the airport’s 8,000-square-foot […]

Sinister stories: Dark Fairy Tales from Around the World

09/07/25

Way back in 2019, we were delighted to spend an engaging afternoon in London’s Bethnal Green neighborhood visiting the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art and Unnatural History. Upstairs is an absinthe bar. Downstairs, a basement that promises “the bizarre and the beautiful, including unicorns, mermaids, two-headed lambs, magical soaps, and even skeleton fairies.” […]

Places we’d go. Things we don’t want to miss.

09/05/25

Las Vegas wants you Visitor numbers to Las Vegas have been declining. And the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is rolling out a national “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” campaign to lure visitors back. In addition to the 60-second TV ad (below) that was launched during Thursday’s NFL season opener between the Dallas Cowboys […]

Fresh (upcycled) art at Albany Int’l Airport

09/02/25

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) and Southwest Airlines are marking 25 years of Southwest service to the Capital Region with art. A new large-scale sculpture titled Treasure Map, by Hudson Valley artist Ruby Palmer, is now on display in the terminal. The work was made entirely of aircraft seat leather from Southwest’s Repurpose with […]

At the SFO Museum: a telephone retrospective

09/01/25

Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective at the SFO Museum We’re calling with a great reason to wish for a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The SFO Museum is presenting a new year-long show about the history and development of telephones. The exhibition, made possible thanks to a loan from the […]