Visiting the Tower of London: A Prison for the Powerful
Visiting the Tower of London: why its most famous prisoners weren't criminals, but people who had once stood closest to the throne.
Category Living Heritage
Visiting Ushuaia: Argentina’s Gateway to Antarctica
Ushuaia brands itself the end of the world. Its prison, railway, lighthouse and city title are all disputed, except one: the gateway to Antarctica.
Visiting Samarkand: Tamerlane’s Silk Road Capital
Timur built Samarkand on conquest. His grandson built an observatory that outmeasured Europe for a century. Visit both, and the tomb that unites them.
Visiting Easter Island: Rapa Nui’s Moai Statues
Visiting Easter Island: how the Rapa Nui moved thousand-ton moai statues without wheels or draft animals, and why the truth behind the island's collapse is still debated.
Visiting Old Melbourne Gaol: Where Ned Kelly Was Hanged
Old Melbourne Gaol hanged Ned Kelly and 132 others, and pardoned one victim 86 years too late. A visit guide to Melbourne's darkest museum.
Visiting Robben Island: Nelson Mandela’s Prison
Visiting Robben Island: how a place built for 400 years to isolate the unwanted became the site where Nelson Mandela and South Africa's democracy took shape."