History

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Once a meeting point for Swahili slave traders, this ancient tree is now a monument to those killed by the slave trade.

This 17th-century manor house provides a fascinating glimpse into old-world Mallorcan life.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.