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Fort Forno

A strategically positioned fortress that protected the Fazana channel has found new life as a place for theater.

Cimarron, New Mexico

Statue of Lucien B. Maxwell

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

Badrshein, Egypt

South Pavilion Graffiti

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.

In this 1625 painting entitled 'The Merry Student,' Dutch artist Gerard van Honthorst shows a young man singing a lively ballad.

Shakespeare, Kings, and Commoners All Loved These Hit English Ballads

Move aside Taylor Swift. In the 17th century, these songs were the pop music anthems of their day.

Indi Bains August 28, 2024

Reykjavik, Iceland

Árbær Open Air Museum

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

Ota City, Japan

Dorikono Slope

A slope with a mysterious name recalls a discontinued pre-war energy drink.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Golden Heart Plaza

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

Kiyosu Castle

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Kennedy Farm

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

Kigakurin Banshōji Temple

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

Lexington Park, Maryland

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.

Hargeisa, Somalia

Oriental Hotel

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 70 percent of the city.

Burlington, Vermont

Stopping Stones Memorial

Inspired by the work of a German artist, these brass installations commemorate the lives of enslaved Vermonters.

This colored wood engraving shows the pig-faced Miss Atkinson.

Regency Londoners Were Obsessed With Pig-Faced Ladies

In 1815, the obsession with swine-ish, upper-class ladies reached a fever pitch.

Sarah Crocker August 6, 2024

San Juan, Philippines

El Polvorin

An attack on this gunpowder depot led to the start of the Philippine Revolution.

Underwood, Minnesota

Phelps Mill

Nestled on the banks of the scenic Otter Tail River, this mill stands in memorial of Minnesota's flour-filled past.

Litchfield Park, Australia

Bamboo Creek Tin Mine

This site contains preserved ruins and industrial remnants of Western Australia's mining heritage.

Church of Santa Maria la Nova

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?