Jul 11, 2019 • 2 min read
Ruins of an ancient palace, believed to be part of the mysterious Mittani Emipre, have been discovered during a drought in the Tigris River.
May 21, 2019 • 2 min read
It has been a drama-filled week for the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s most iconic structure. It started with a series of celebrations to mark 130 years since the…
May 7, 2019 • 2 min read
If you're interested in checking out what mob boss Al Capone's prison cell looked like, you should head to Philadelphia. The prison, Eastern State…
Apr 20, 2019 • 2 min read
Standing nearly 20-feet-high, 43 U.S. Presidential busts are an unusual sight in a field in Croaker, Virginia. From George Washington to George W. Bush,…
Apr 17, 2019 • 1 min read
An active lighthouse has been transformed into a luxury boutique hotel in a quiet part of La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.
Apr 17, 2019 • 2 min read
Perched on a rock above the Danube at the entrance to the impressive Iron Gate gorge in Đerdap national park, medieval Golubac fortress has for centuries…
Mar 21, 2019 • 2 min read
Near to the buzzing commercial districts of Mongkok and Prince Edward, there is a slice of old Hong Kong still living and breathing in Kowloon City -…
Mar 1, 2019 • 2 min read
Following the success of the award-winning Sinai Trail that opened in 2015, a new hiking route called the Red Sea Mountain Trail has just been unveiled…
Feb 19, 2019 • 2 min read
Recently, tourism professionals in the Western Balkans have worked together to develop two long-distance cross-border routes for adventure travellers, the…
Feb 4, 2019 • 1 min read
Soviet spying tricks are revealed in a new Manhattan museum, which claims to house the "largest KGB spy collection in the world."
Feb 3, 2019 • 2 min read
Renovating a historic WWII air base has been a labour of love for husband-and-wife team Justin Hooper and Charlotte Seddon. After a mammoth five-year…
Feb 1, 2019 • 2 min read
When Prince Albert died suddenly of typhoid fever in 1861, Queen Victoria was so consumed by grief that she entered a mourning period that lasted the rest…
Jan 30, 2019 • 2 min read
Deep in the mountains of eastern Kyrgyzstan, close to the border with China, lies Engilchek (Inylcheck), a former industrial mining town that was once…
Jan 17, 2019 • 1 min read
An Egyptian schoolboy’s 1800-year-old wax tablet is to go on display in a new exhibition on the history of writing at the British Library in London.
Dec 19, 2018 • 3 min read
A blogger who visited Yungay, the Peru town that disappeared in 1970, has captured the eerie silence of what is now the most catastrophic disaster in the…
Nov 27, 2018 • 2 min read
Already one of the most famous attractions in the city, the historic stretch of the Berlin Wall now known as the East Side Gallery will be protected from…
Nov 26, 2018 • 2 min read
The Anne Frank House is one of Amsterdam’s most famous attractions and now, after two years of renewal work, it is welcoming “a new generation of visitors…
Nov 22, 2018 • 2 min read
If you’ve ever wanted to immerse yourself in the daily life of a Buddhist temple, South Korea wants you to know that the dream can become a reality.
Nov 20, 2018 • 3 min read
On 9 November, flowers and candles began to appear in seemingly unremarkable spots on German sidewalks. It was the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht…
Oct 22, 2018 • 2 min read
Pompeii is a place that keeps on giving. Even though the infamous volcanic eruption happened in 79 AD and the remains of the destroyed Ancient Roman city …
Oct 19, 2018 • 1 min read
If owning part of a medieval castle in the French countryside appeals to you, you can now become a shareholder in the Château de l'Ebaupinay. Best of all,…
Oct 12, 2018 • 2 min read
At the ripe old age of 81, the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville has finally moved into a place of its own. After stints in the War Memorial Building…