The Radar: Travel Lately

The Radar – the best of the travel blogosphere – is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every Wednesday.

You can play, too. Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories #NGTRadar to help us find the crème de la crème on the web.

Here’s this week’s:

• Strasbourg has been the subject of a tug of war since ancient times. It’s been solidly on the French side of the line since World War II, but controversy persists: which museum to visit this time? @EuropeUpClose
• History buffs, rejoice. From Barack Obama’s second inaugural to the Oscars, a supercharged interest in American presidential history is sweeping the world. In a quest to dig deeper, one blogger makes a pilgrimage to Abe Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Illinois. @SheilaS
• A ghost town is rediscovered in the least likely of places. Hint: it’s one of the coldest places in the world, so if you’re planning your own photo shoot, be sure to pack a jacket. @OttsWorld 
• For two teenage girls, the thought of no cell phone service was just as scary as the giant crocodiles prowling Australia’s Northwest Territory. Could the Outback teach them to give their thumbs a rest? As their mother says: “mission accomplished.” @LATimesTravel
• Why should you add Cornwall — the southwest peninsula of the island of Great Britain — to your travel list in 2013? Here are ten very compelling reasons from @AsWeTravel.

Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the web #NGTRadar. Then check back on Wednesdays for our Travel Lately roundup.