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Why gorgeous merchant mansions in the region of Shekhawati sit abandoned and unloved.

Hawaii is nicknamed the 'Rainbow State' for good reason.

Around the world, landmarks have turned rainbow.

Charles Willson Peale befriended the founding fathers and started the first U.S. natural history museum, among other accomplishments.

The authentic version is South Asia’s best kept secret.

Giovanni Careri traveled far and wide, or so he said.

Maybe not the best thing to eat, though.

They've been around since 1993.

Google Maps and Apple Maps show two very different views of the world, a recent essay argues.

Copies of the 16 explicit paintings were turned into a booklet that circulated throughout the continent.

The Khmer empire may have been the world's largest in the 12th century.

From a Gilded Age mansion to an abandoned brickworks, these stops shaped both New York and the nation.

This day trip is a celebration of American ingenuity.

Some of the strangest and most idiosyncratic museums in America are just outside San Francisco.

Take a day in and around Washington, D.C. to seek out the ancient creatures of days gone by.

See the area around the nation's capital the way our first president did, complete with trips to Washington's local tavern and apothecary.

A day trip encompassing some of the strangest structures in Massachusetts.

Take a bookish journey in and around Boston.