History

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

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

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

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

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

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

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

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

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

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

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

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

An isolated early 20th-century gold mine in the remote Pine Forest Range contains much preserved equipment.

This modest structure is where noted musician and the Band drummer Levon Helm grew up.