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As with so many things, the pandemic is creating its own winners and losers in the lodgings field. | Frommer's

The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum: tiny displays of weird items at an undisclosed location in downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi. | Frommer's

Manhattan's Waldorf Astoria New York is auctioning off furnishings from the hotel's illustrious 90-year history. | Frommer's

The Covid-19 pandemic forced some entertainment and sports institutions to hole up during production. Here's where they stayed.

Bowling Green, Kentucky, offers a free, self-guided driving tour of sites from the life and work of horror master John Carpenter. | Frommer's

The Department of Defense, supported by United Airlines, conducts rigorous tests for aerosol particles in flight. | Frommer's

516 Arouca, the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, will soon open in Portugal. | Frommer's

"The Great British Baking Show" evaded Covid-19 by taking over a luxury hotel. You can stay there, too. | Frommer's

The new National Museum of the United States Army will open, appropriately enough, on Veterans Day. | Frommer's