http://www.metafilter.com/tags/travelchannel Posts tagged with 'travelchannel' at MetaFilter. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:33:27 -0800 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:33:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/87053/Chairman%2DMaos%2DUnderground%2DCity <a href="http://www.viceland.com/wp/2009/11/chairman-maos-underground-city/">Chairman Mao's Underground City</a> is a pictorial travelogue of a small part of the tunnels that Chairman Mao had built under Beijing to serve as a nuclear fallout shelter. The intrepid urban explorers come across some surprising things. The complex, which was built by hand, could house <a href="http://geography.howstuffworks.com/asia/beijing-underground-city1.htm">three hundred thousand people for up to four months</a> and had amenities such as restaurants, cinemas and roller rinks. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF6Fh0P9y58">Here's a short Travel Channel feature</a> on the Underground City. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.87053 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:33:27 -0800 beijing ChairmanMao china ColdWar Mao travel TravelChannel travelogue undergroundcity urbanexploration Kattullus http://www.metafilter.com/29132/Poker%2Dmakes%2Da%2Dcomeback <a href="http://pokermag.com/managearticle.asp?C=160&amp;A=75">Poker Redux:</a> Poker is sweeping America (and other countries as well). From million dollar online Texas Hold 'Em tournaments to the weekend nickel, dime, quarter games with friends to the <a href="http://www.worldpokertour.com/">World Poker Tour</a> (heavily promoted on the <a href="http://www.travelchannel.com">Travel Channel</a>), poker is forcing itself into the spotlight. [more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29132 Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:34:48 -0800 onlinegames onlinegaming onlinepoker poker texasholdem travelchannel worldpokertour hawkman