Discover Jardim Botânico do Porto (Porto Botanical Garden) in Porto, Portugal: A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.
Year: 2020
Amsterdam Cheese Museum
Discover Amsterdam Cheese Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands: This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Mystery Craters
Discover Mystery Craters in South Kolan, Australia: The 25-million-year-old cavities have perplexed people for decades.
Marcell Experimental Forest
Discover Marcell Experimental Forest in Bovey, Minnesota: A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
‘Alec the Goose’
Discover 'Alec the Goose' in Belfast, Northern Ireland: The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.
North End Street Utensils
Discover North End Street Utensils in Boston, Massachusetts: Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.
Red Oak Steakhouse
Discover Red Oak Steakhouse in Quapaw, Oklahoma: The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.
Bald Jesus Fresco
Discover Bald Jesus Fresco in Rsovci, Serbia: This fresco inside a Serbian cave church has been a source of disagreement.
Defiance Roadhouse
Discover Defiance Roadhouse in Defiance, Missouri: Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
The Little Church
Discover The Little Church in Drumheller, Alberta: A six-person chapel n the middle of Alberta's badlands.
Literary Café
Discover Literary Café in Saint Petersburg, Russia: Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.
Atlas Coal Mine
Discover Atlas Coal Mine in Drumheller, Alberta: A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.
Silla de Felipe II (Phillip II’s Chair)
Discover Silla de
Cordell Hull Birthplace Museum
Discover Cordell Hull Birthplace Museum in Byrdstown, Tennessee: The longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in this humble cabin.
In search of junub, the hippie spirit of Iran’s south
Muhammad sings and dances for a crowd of Iranian tourists. Photographer Mykolas Juodele captures the relaxed atmosphere of Iran’s Persian Gulf islands Main image: Muhammad sings and dances for a crowd of Iranian tourists. Among Iranian youths, junub c…
In Cairo, Artists Use Pixels, Cyborgs, and More to Examine Technology and Belief
Bahia Shebab, “We love Life” (2019) (image courtesy of the artist) CAIRO — Near the entrance of Glitch, a group exhibition featuring the work of 13 international artists at the American University of Cairo’s Tahrir Cultural Center, is Egyptian a…
The iconic Buenos Aires art form that almost disappeared
Take a walk along Buenos Aires’ cobblestone streets and you will likely encounter one of the city’s most iconic trademarks: the fileteado porteño. Characterised by its colourful swirls – filetes – artistic lettering and flowery motifs, this pop…
The last town in Sovietland – in pictures
The town, once home to a thriving coal mining industry, is full of abandoned buildings that the government does not have funds to repair. The extremes in temperature (in winter it can get as cold as -40C) make the buildings unstable and liable to collap…
The mysterious inverted tower steeped in Templar myth
Near the manicured gardens and hilltop villas of Sintra, Portugal, lies the fairytale estate of Quinta da Regaleira. Protected within a Unesco World Heritage landscape, Quinta da Regaleira is a postcard-perfect mix of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renai…
Restorers making headway in rehabilitation of Erbil Citadel
Walking up the steeply graded hill that leads to the entrance of the Erbil Citadel is … a reporter noticed a woman walking down toward the historic bazaar. … Erbil Citadel Cultural Centre, which hosts performances and art exhibitions.