Category: Travel

Turabek-Khanum Mausoleum is a mausoleum in the ancient city and now archaeological site of Konye-Urgench. Known for its beautiful mosaics and arches, the mausoleum gets its name from Turabek-Khanum, the daughter of a Khan who brought Islam to the area. However nobody knows for sure who is buried here. Many assume that it is the tomb of […]

Born Nguyễn Sinh Cung in 1890, the man who would come to be known as Ho Chi Minh became interested in the ideals of socialism during his youth living and working in various Western, capitalist countries. However, it was his time in the communist Soviet Union and the soon-to-be communist China that proved defining upon […]

This red-brick building in Central London, formerly the offices of the Dundee Courier newspaper, was the address of Sweeney Todd’s barbershop in the popular Victorian era weekly-serial-turned-folk-legend. It was at this address that the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and his wicked assistant, Mrs. Lovett, would murder and rob their victims. Legend has it that […]

This long-forgotten cemetery is said to be the final resting place of veterans of both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. It was reportedly rediscovered in the 1980s, after decades of neglect had left the site overgrown and scattered with broken headstones. According to local accounts, a Whitesboro High School senior and […]

Hidden among the narrow streets of Rome’s historic Jewish Ghetto, the Great Synagogue of Rome (Tempio Maggiore) is a striking anomaly in the Eternal City. Its square aluminum dome soars above the city—a rare architectural choice that immediately sets it apart from Rome’s sea of round domes. Built in 1904, it blends Art Nouveau flourishes, […]

Founded by cabaret performer Monsieur Pompier, best known for Monsieur Pompier’s Travelling Freakshow—the Museum of Curiosities began in an unusual way: as a Twitter account sharing strange images from old books and archives. From there it grew into a physical collection, transforming into one of Dublin’s most eccentric attractions. Housed in a Georgian building just a […]