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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...

Visiting Sigiriya: King Kashyapa’s Lion Rock

Sigiriya: how a Sri Lankan king's fifth century fortress, built out of guilt and fear, became one of...

Visiting Ushuaia: Argentina’s Gateway to Antarctica

Ushuaia brands itself the end of the world. Its prison, railway, lighthouse and city title are all...

Visiting Samarkand: Tamerlane’s Silk Road Capital

Timur built Samarkand on conquest. His grandson built an observatory that outmeasured Europe for a...

Visiting Borobudur: The World’s Largest Buddhist Monument

Borobudur was built to be climbed, not entered. A guide to the world's largest Buddhist monument...

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