Carrie Seim

Noteworthy architecture, artistic quirks, and burgeoning music and food scenes have given the city new momentum.

We know you hate waiting at baggage claim as much as we do. So we scooped up 'the best' carry-on bags available and road-tested them to come up with this hard-won, Fodor's-Approved list of the cream of the crop.

It's been about 18,000 hard day's nights (er, 50 years) since The Beatles changed rock 'n' roll. And there's no better way to celebrate the milestone than with a Fab Four-themed adventure in Liverpool and London.

From airplane seats the size of couches to in-flight bars and islands in the sky, air travel is getting bigger, sexier, and yes, a little uncanny.