From 2002-2003 Chicagoan Mike Pugh trotted the globe and posted writing, photos and video of travels on the very nicely designed blog Vagabonding.com (no relation to Rolf Pott’s book, or site).

This weekend the the LA Times, like the good industry-town rag that it is, runs its coverage of Da Vinci Code-inspired advertising opportunities — I mean travel — as close to the opening date of the film as possible.

Like a slice of roadside Americana gone global, PBS’ web-only feature “Off the Map�? tours 10 artistic oddities in the US, Africa, Asia and Europe.

Travel headlines for the weekend of 4/8/06.