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Japanese town of Beppu has 3,000 volcanic spring vents 

The Japanese town of Beppu on the island of Kyushu is perpetually shrouded in steam thanks to thousands of hot spring vents that eject over 130,000 tons of scalding water on a daily basis. The cause of this riot of geothermal activity is Japan’s largest active volcano – the 5,200ft-tall Mount Aso, which rumbles away 60 miles to the south west of the town.

Filming locations for Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey revealed

For Harry Potter fans, top centre, a road trip across England and Wales stops at the home used for 4 Privet Drive; a Walking Dead focused drive, bottom left, will take you through America's Georgia, culminating in 'Alexandria', and a Downtown Abbey drive, bottom right, is mapped from Scotland to the base of England. Other examples include a Friends tour of New York, top left, an American west coast Star Trek drive, top right, and an Irish Game of Thrones road trip, bottom centre.

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An infographic examines the distance airports are from their namesake cities. Paris Vatry is 91 miles from the centre, while Gibraltar airport is 1.4 miles away and is a seven-minute drive.

Research has revealed the UK's five fastest airports for travelling from the entrance to the gate with Birmingham Airport topping the chart. Edinburgh and Heathrow also rank highly.

Travelodge, one of the UK’s biggest independent hotel chains with 18million customers, quizzed its teams across the length and breadth of the country about strange questions they’d received.

Pranksters at fast-food outlets including McDonald's, KFC and Burger King wreak havoc with

Looking at these fast food signs gone-wrong, it's hard to believe such gaping errors ever managing to make it to the billboards. But American joints including KFC, top left, McDonald's, top right, Wendy's, bottom left and right, and Burger King, inset - are all guilty of some pretty amusing vernacular mix-ups.

Thorn Island, found off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, is on the market for £200,000 less than what it was last sold for and includes a 18th Century fort built as a defence against France.

She recently admitted to liking one-piece swimsuits over itsy bitsy bikinis.

Inside the movie set for a devastated World War II ghost town that's so realistic it’s

A crumbling pharmacy, rubble-strewn streets and the buckled shell of a burnt-out bar – this town’s scars of war are clear to see. But all is not what it seems. This shocking ghost town is in fact just a film set, created by Russian movie studio Mosfilm for any productions featuring the devastation of World War II. The dilapidated set is so spellbinding that it’s started to attract tourists eager to explore and photograph its deserted streets, including Dmitry Christoprudov , who has produced a haunting set of images.

Hot spots favoured by tourists such as Mexico, Colombia, Pakistan and Egypt have also ranked as 'high risk' in the new findings.

After swimming in Iceland's Blue Lagoon, seeing the Great Pyramids of Giza and walking the Great Wall of China were the most coveted travel experiences for 18-to-25-year-olds.

Swedish train passenger performs an amazing acrobatic flip to move rows

An acrobatic Swedish man - 'freerunning artist' Marcus Soderberg - has shared footage in which he performs a daring flip from one set of seats to another on a moving train in Stockholm. Freerunning, a discipline otherwise known as 'parkour', is the art of using slick motions to get from one location to another. In the case of Mr Soderberg's manoeuvre - it was a brief top-step flip, which he captioned: 'If you quickly need to change seat. Use your head!'

Claimed to be the 'world's fastest civil aircraft ever made', the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator created by Denver-based boom is due to take off on its first test flight in late 2017.

It was once a capital city and a landmark in Iraqi history, but now Nimrud lies in ruins after relics were destroyed by ISIS

Good Morning Britain and Lorraine correspondent Ross King paid a visit to the ultra-exclusive Rocky Mountain town to bring MailOnline this insider account of one of the glitziest resorts on earth.

Ballyfin is a country house in County Laois, Ireland, with just 20 bedrooms. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West honeymooned there and guests often liken the experience to staying in Downton Abbey.

Inside the Icelandic Phallological Museum – home to a 5ft whale's penis

The Icelandic Phallological Museum is home to the world's largest collection of penises. It contains an eye-watering 286 specimens carefully collected from 93 different species of animals. Inside the museum's large illuminated rooms there are penises and penile parts of all shapes and sizes from a huge array of mammals, from whales to bears, seals to cats, and even mice. Preserved in formaldehyde inside a huge plexiglass case at the museum's entrance is the phallus of a sperm whale (left). It is 1.70 metres tall (5ft 6in) and weighs 75kg (165lbs).

Air New Zealand has been crowned best airline in the world for the fourth consecutive year, with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic also rated in the top 10 in the global rankings.

The man's wife observed: 'Luckily, the lioness decided he wasn't the lunch she wanted and he was able to safely retreat back to our guide.'

Peckham has become one of the hippest areas in south London and the recently refurbished Victoria Inn is a 15-room testament to that.

Ruby Wax explored Trancoso, in Brazil's beautiful Bahia region, an oceanside town built around five acres of park called the Quadrado, and stayed at the Uxua Casa Hotel and Spa.

The haunting aerial photographs that make the earth look like it's deserted

The images were taken by acclaimed Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski from 500 feet above the earth in a paraglider, during Poland's coldest days. Kowalski, 39, from Gdynia, turns everyday locations into perfectly composed yet abstract images. They are scenes in which human presence is felt but never actually seen. He said that 'for years, my work looked at the complicated relationship between civilization and nature' and that his new project, being showcased in an exhibition called Fade To White in New York's Curator Gallery, 'imagines a time when that struggle is over, when there are no more humans on Earth'.

The controversial businessman, who plans to build a wall between his country and Mexico, beat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House this week, winning 290 electoral votes.

McDonald's has launched the new dessert to the delight of fast food fans with a sweet tooth at branches across Italy. The plain burger bun is filled with the popular Italian hazelnut cocoa spread.

Welcome to Big Bone Lick, Dildo and Delicate Nobby: The world’s funniest place names

From Cock Wash in South Australia to Thong in Kent, a comedy website, World Wide Interweb, has revealed the 50 funniest place names in the world. Featured in the selection are rude entries such as Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, bizarre destinations including Batman in Turkey and some place names that are so shocking you’ll be left wondering why locals haven’t opted for an alternative. WARNING: Contains language some may find offensive

With home ownership a distant aspiration for many young people, travel has taken centre stage as one of life's top priorities for 55% of British Millennials, who are saving for adventures.

To create the look, US-based JetBlue dug into an archive of popular logos and notable companies from the mid-1960s to essentially reverse-engineer the JetBlue brand.

The hottest places to holiday in 2017 according to A-Listers

Stars Instagrammed their exotic travels in various locations in 2016 and the general public will be sure to follow suit in 2017. Madonna's birthday party took place in Havana and Beyonce went to Hawaii. Pictured clockwise from top left: Madonna and the city of Havana, Olivia Palermo and the Balearic island of Formentera, Victoria Beckham and Santorini, Greece, and Vanessa Hudgens in Positano.

In the age of Bake Off, we are all looking to boost our cooking skills. Laura Pullman heads to the Cork coast for a few days in the company of Darina Allen and her Ballymaloe Cookery School.

Ryanair is selling £5 tickets to 170 destinations across the continent, including Barcelona, Bordeaux and Frankfurt. There are 20,000 seats available on Wednesday and Thursday flights.

The ultimate wedding album: Couple drive 6,200 miles to capture stunning shots of the

A pair of intrepid newlyweds headed into the wilds of Norway and Sweden to create a spell-binding series of bridal photos. With glaciers, valleys and beaches conjuring dreamy backdrops for the 45-day shoot, mountain photographer Karol Nienartowicz and his wife developed a photographic motif of a lone bride juxtaposed against nature’s epic beauty.

A little jewel on the north coast of Kent, Whitstable is easily accessed from London - but retains a small-town charm. Jenny Coad heads east for a weekend of coastal walks and fish suppers.

Expert travellers have shared tips for authentic vacations in popular places like London and Prague. They also include sight-seeing very early and going out late for dinner.

Plans for Leonardo DiCaprio's private eco resort on an island off Belize are released 

Leonardo DiCaprio bought Blackadore Caye in Belize in 2005 for $1.75million. New drawings (pictured) show resort homes taking inspiration from ancient Mayan ruins, with thatched roofs and dark wood exteriors. The actor also plans to rehabilitate the area, which has been over-fished and suffers from sand erosion.

It is 70 years now since South Africa's great icon of luxury rail travel, the Blue Train, first ran - and in many ways, nothing has changed. John Malathronas steps back into yesteryear.

The Airbus A321, which was carrying 170 passengers to London from Banjul airport in Gambia, suffered damage to both engines and the landing gear when it ingested at least 13 birds.

Sometimes, you can find the past in the most unexpected places. Little Woodham, a themed village which looks back 350 years, is one such spot, says Christopher Middleton.

The supermoon has already lit up the Sydney Opera House, today, last night it shone above London landmarks hours behind Australia, and appeared above the U.S. later still.

Idyllic teepees at the US's most notorious prison: Fascinating photos reveal life on the

After infamous Alcatraz prison closed, a group of 20 different Native American tribes - the Indians of all Tribes - boarded vessels (top left) and occupied the island for 19 controversial months. Striking images reveal that although they were asked to leave, the group instead breathed new life into cramped prison cells (bottom left) and erected teepees with stunning San Francisco bay views (main). In June 1971, the US government switched off the electricity, water and telephone service and the last of the settlers were removed.

The Daily Mail's Sebastian Shakespeare stayed at the Martinhal Hotel in Cascais, Portugal, where he was impressed with the facilities available for his two young children.

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake centred north of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island struck just after midnight on Sunday, triggering a two-metre Tsunami.

Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara documents the decline of America's poorest

Chilean-born photographer Camilo Jose Vergara has spent four decades revisiting poor and segregated neighbourhoods around America. Pictured, left, the dilapidated Ransom Gillis Mansion in Detroit, seen in 1993, top, and seven years later, bottom. Pictured, right, A large apartment complex on Vyse Avenue in New York's South Bronx, pictured in 1980, top, and after it was demolished six years later, bottom.

The Mail on Sunday's Miranda Seymour stayed at Hotel Santa Claus, located in Finland's Rovaniemi, which offered reindeer rides and a charming 'Father Christmas' character.

Retired RAF navigator John Nichol visited The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire ahead of Remembrance Sunday. He was shot down over Iraq and tortured in 1991.

How to ditch the tourist traps and explore LA like a local A-Lister

From Los Angeles' best hush-hush beauty gurus to the legendary Chateaux Marmont - MailOnline Travel sampled more than 30 establishments to uncover the best of Hollywood. Pictured clockwise from top left: Jennifer Aniston's hiking spot, Runyon Canyon; Victoria Beckham's favoured hotel, Petit Ermitage; Emma Stone's trusted hair salon, Meche; and hangout bar of the moment for the likes of Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid, The Nice Guy.

The Mail on Sunday's Bridget McGrouther boarded the Saga Pearl II and opted for a Continental Getaway to the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

The Mail on Sunday's Tom Mangold explored the tiny Caribbean Island of Montserrat, and its port town on Plymouth, which was devastated by the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995.

Canadian teacher and writer Jasmine Teed, 32, had planned to invite a new love interest with her on a trip around Iceland, but after he 'ghosted' her, she took a cutout of him instead.

Mountain Forest Hotel in Guizhou, China will be built inside a vertical forest by reconstructing a hill that originally existed at the site. The 250-room luxury property will be set in 400 acres of land.

MailOnline's Carol Driver is welcomed by a smiling Raymond Blanc bounding across the courtyard at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxford greeting guests as heads to the kitchen.

Daniel Gillaspia visited far-flung destinations including Tokyo, Singapore, Cape Town and Dubai and paid less than one per cent of the cost for his flights and hotels.

Why Japan, India and Glastonbury have all been considered as Jesus resting place

The only thing we know for certain about Jesus is that he's one of the most famed religious icons in human history. One theory dating back to the Middle Ages and related to the legend of King Arthur suggests that he studied in Glastonbury as a youth, pictured top left; while the Ahmadi Muslim faith believes he lived in India's Kashmir, where there's a shrine in his honour, bottom left; and others say he ventured to the Himalayas, top right, and died in Shingo, Japan, where there is also a shrine, pictured bottom right. 

A 309ft tree - which belongs to the Shorea genus - has been discovered on the island of Borneo. It is 15ft taller than the previous record-breaking tree also found in Malaysia.

The Daily Mail's Peter Oborne stayed at Zimbabwe's Hornung Park Lodge, and at Leopard Rock, a large colonial-style hotel with roaring fires - but found the police presence troubling.

Aviation expert reveals how ANYONE can enjoy airport lounges

From Singapore to Switzerland, with the right hacks anyone can gain access to a world of pre-flight luxuries in airport lounges, according to aviation expert Alex Macheras. The savvy traveller shared his top tips for joining the VIPs in transit with MailOnline Travel. Pictured clockwise from top left, Mr Macheras in a BA lounge in London, a bedroom in the Swiss first lounge at Zurich airport, Virgin Atlantic's upper class Clubhouse at Heathrow, and the bathroom at Swiss' lounge in Zurich.

The King’s Head at Letheringsett, just outside Holt - where the Duchess of Cambridge likes to shop suffers a general lack of love, according to The Inspector.

FILE- In this Friday, April 8, 2011 file photo, Canadian tourist David Froud, left, and his Iranian wife Mahnaz sightsee the Jomeh mosque, which is now a historical monument, in the city of Isfahan, some 234 miles (390 kilometer) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. A U.S. luxury tour company is offering a new destination that¿s sure to raise eyebrows: Iran. Those at Abercrombie & Kent say the tour is perfectly timed as Iran is opening up after the nuclear deal with world powers. However, the U.S. State Department has issued strong warnings about Americans traveling to the Islamic Republic as hard-liners have been arresting people with connections to the West.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

One luxury tour company in the U.S. is promoting a new trip to the country for those willing to take the risk, saying it's the first opportunity to see an Iran opening up to the West after the nuclear deal.

Inside Africa's futuristic safari domes in Tanzania's Highlands camp

Designed to mimic traditional Masai forts, these domes are found at The Highlands camp in Ngorongoro, Tanzania, and boast spacious living quarters and staggering jungle views. The camp (bottom right) comprises eight luxurious domes, kitted out with wood-burning fireplaces (top right) and cosy en-suite bathrooms (bottom left).

These fascinating pictures show a Soviet ‘turbojet railcar’, which was built in the 1970s and proved capable of reaching an astonishing 160mph, thanks to the huge jet engines on its roof.

Visitors can take a spell-binding tour of recently rediscovered tunnels in Naples dating back to 1853. The tunnels served as a WWII bomb shelter and vehicle warehouse before being forgotten.

The famous White Cliffs Of Dover are now eroding at their fastest ever rate, but they aren't alone - the Maldives are sinking under rising sea levels and the Dead Sea is drying up.

From the ex-headquarters for the British Secret Service to a spa boasting poolside views of the Aegean sea Condé Nast Johansens has announced the winners of its annual awards.

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Designed by a New York-based startup, the new street lights on Las Vegas' Boulder Plaza are powered by the energy collected by pedestrians' footsteps during the day.

During its financial year, which ended in September, Euro Disney's turnover fell 6.91 per cent to 1.27billion euros following a 10 per cent drop in visitor numbers, a statement said.

If you're thinking about stocking up on some pricey presents then heading to Munich (pictured) could cut your Christmas spending by as much as 14 per cent.

Hitchhiker travels from Scotland to India by swapping free BEER for rides and

An Australian backpacker was able to hitchhike and couch surf all the way from Edinburgh to Delhi with only beer as his currency. During Manny Marshall's eight-week, 5000-mile adventure he shared 120 cans of Innis & Gunn craft beer with the people he met on the road in exchange for a free ride and accommodation. He is pictured bottom left in India and bottom right in the Czech Republic with bemused locals he met along the way. 

The small Slovenian town of Sevnica is nestled in the foothills of the Alps and was once best-known for its clothing factories and 900-year-old hilltop castle, but is now bracing for an influx of tourists.

People will be treated to the once-in-a-lifetime sight on the 14th of the month, when the full moon will appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal.

Pilots, flight attendants and passengers have taken to a US-based forum to deliver their tips on identifying the mysterious agents, whose job is counter hijackings.

Amarna Carthy, 21, from Nottingham, who was killed in Turkey, was wearing a helmet that offered little protection when the quad bike she was riding on veered off the road, an inquest heard.

A family from Lancashire spent their £4,000 five-star holiday in Turkey - booked through Thomas Cook - holed up in a hotel room after they were all struck down with a debilitating stomach bug.

The Wanda Reign on the Bund hotel in Shanghai, China, took more than three years to build. The 20-storey building combines art deco style and early 20th century Chinese design.

Incredible aerial photographs capture London's iconic landmarks in 2016

These spectacular aerial images reveal a side of London that few get to see with such clarity. They feature some of the UK capital's most famous skyscrapers and landmarks, including the Shard (bottom right), Walkie Talkie Tower (top left), Piccadilly Circus (bottom left) and London Bridge (top right), all photographed in the last year. But, instead of using a drone, all the images were shot by aerial photographer Jason Hawkes while leaning out of a helicopter.

Footage shows the giant snake coming through the ceiling tiles. It is not clear where the video was filmed but people are heard speaking Cantonese, suggesting that it may be Hong Kong.

The incredible explosion came at the end of an impressive display in Zurrieq, Malta. The footage shows the rocket shooting up into the air before a breathtaking chain reaction.

The Mayfair hotel the movie stars love has had a huge refurb and hired Michelin-starred

MailOnline checks in to the Athenaeum and discovers that bringing in the Galvin brothers to oversee the food was a master stroke - and that the millions spent on the refurb has made the hotel sexier than ever. The Athenaeum has long attracted those famous for being on the silver screen. Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christian Bale, Warren Beatty, Renee Zellweger, Natalie Portman, to name but a few. Here's why they'll love the sequel. Pictured clockwise from top left is the new lobby, redesigned restaurant, the new bar and one of the expertly crafted cocktails guests can enjoy there. Inset is the hotel entrance, opposite Green Park.

Neil Boffey (pictured) requested special boarding assistance on the flight from Barcelona to Manchester - but was not allowed on to the plane until after everyone else had taken their seats.

Behind the scenes footage from the first episode of Planet Earth II shows an up-close look at the events that have been labelled ‘the stuff of nightmares,’ as baby sea iguanas attempt to outrun snakes.

Indian salt flats, Chile's hand in the desert and a German palace: The most spellbinding

You may never have heard of these places, and that's a good thing if you are seeking mind-blowing beauty without the heaving crowds. Pictured, clockwise from top left, Germany's Bastei Bridge, Morocco's Chefchaouen, India's Great Rann of Kutch, Greenland's Ittoqqortoormiit, and inset, Chile's La Mano del Desierto.

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