Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

There's still a lot left to learn when it comes to ancient history, and scientists are still finding locations long since ...

After 15 years of roaming the world through more than 120 countries, from deserts and jungles to war zones, I’ve become a ...

For a scenic trip to the Andes, head to this charming tourist-friendly and white-walled city with a vibrant culture that is ...

Angkor Wat has pickpocketing monkeys, but Macchu Picchu has lovable llamas and a bevy of beautiful native fauna including the Andean fox, puma and spectacled bear. You might sight the fabulous cock-of ...

The Cloisters, reconstructed as a medieval art museum as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have lastingly impacted the artist, whose portraits often hinted at architectural ruins and ...

Kanye is STILL Kanye’ing, and firing off a flurry of bizarre tweets. In what could have been a brief moment of clarity, however, he apologized directly to Jay-Z for his horrible remarks about his ...

Discover the truth behind the world's strangest architectural mysteries, from the underground city of Derinkuyu and the Egyptian pyramids to Canada's mother-in-law doors.

Despite the devastation, domestic tourists have recently returned to Palmyra for the first time in 14 years, wandering through ruins with a mixture of grief and hope that the ancient city might one ...

A prospective buyer is being given the opportunity to transform a once-thriving luxury island resort which has been left untouched for a decade. Wealthy travellers and celebrities once flocked ...

The island was once a trading post on the Swahili Coast. The ruins of an old German prison and custom house can still be explored, as well as the remnants of an abandoned mosque. In addition ...

It is a deliberate architectural response to the site's forces and fragilities. Floodplains, wetlands, and thawing tundra share a common thread: Architects reconcile risk and vulnerability through ...