Do you love to admire painting, reading, or just learning fascinating things about life and history, big and small? The Smithsonian Collection has all that for you.
As John Burgon said, "It seems no work of man's creative hand, by labor wrought as wavering fancy planned," Petra stands as humanity's most ambitious fusion of architecture and nature. Here is a little bit about this wonder.
Long before skyscrapers and bustling streets, Cahokia was the big league of urban living. With its ceremonial mounds and advanced society, it used to be a cultural and economic hub.
How you behave onboard can dramatically affect your journey—for better or worse. Check out what makes your flight neighbors remember you fondly and what will land you in a Reddit story.
If you dance to Samba, enjoy eating bacalhau (salted cod), or build using azulejos (decorative ceramic tiles), you have the Portuguese Empire to thank. All this influence is from the 15th century to the 19th century. Here is the story.
When millions of people in London started dumping their waste into the Thames, the river decided to fight back with a highly intolerable stink in 1858. Who would have thought that a nauseating crisis like this would bring about a sanitation revolution in London?
Some borders are peaceful demarcation lines between nations, like the one between Belgium and The Netherlands. But the 13 in this article have become flashpoints of conflict and humanitarian issues.
According to the 2024 World Population Review, modest US towns usually report a population range of less than 20,000. But what's truly amazing is their history, culture, the ability to turn their heritage into living attractions, and more.
As Lord Byron once said, "When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls—the World". Standing tall for over two millennia, the Colosseum remains humanity's most remarkable architectural accomplishment.
