Category: Travel

The Wild Atlantic Way is a 2,500km route stretching along Ireland’s West coast, from County Cork to County Donegal. Along the way, travelers are wowed by the scenic coastline with its imposing cliffs, white sands, and picturesque villages. There is no shortage of incredible sights to visit, and one that’s certainly not to be missed […]

Hidden in the Northwest Hills of Connecticut, Beckley Furnace is a striking relic from the region’s iron-making heyday. Built in the 1840s, this towering stone structure once roared with fire, transforming local ore into the iron that fueled America’s railroads, tools, and machinery. A path winds past the nearby river and dam that powered the […]

San Sebastián’s surroundings were some of the scenarios of the First Carlist War, a conflict where the liberal monarchy of Isabel II triumphed over the absolutist candidate to the crown in the first half of the 19th century. England supported the queen, sending a military force of 10,000 volunteers, some of whom lost their lives […]

In the heart of Munich’s Sendling district, between busy streets and dense apartment blocks, lies an unlikely oasis known as the Sendlinger Loch (“Sendling Hole”). The site was once the beginnings of a large construction project that stalled, leaving behind a 12-meter-deep pit. Over time, rainwater filled the cavity, creating a small but strikingly deep […]

The Rundle Ruins are the striking sandstone remnants of Calgary’s second general hospital, located in what is now Victoria Park near the Calgary Stampede grounds. Built in 1894 this building was a significant early example of large-scale sandstone construction in the city. The hospital served Calgary for decades, eventually becoming an isolation hospital and then […]

After the Indian Removal Act forced indigenous peoples in the southeastern U.S. to Indian Territory in what would become Oklahoma, people needed ways to stay connected to each other. The Cherokee government was modernizing and needed faster communication with the U.S. Army and federal agents at Fort Gibson. Before the telephone, messages had to be […]

On Christmas night in 1776, General George Washington led a surprise crossing of the ice-choked Delaware River with 2,400 troops, launching a bold attack that shifted the momentum of the American Revolution. By then, his army was exhausted, having had to retreat from New York, while the British held Rhode Island and much of New […]

Tucked away in Steveston’s quiet fishing village, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a pristine time capsule of Canada’s fish-canning heyday, where polished old machinery sits still and real fish scales—stuck to the walls from years of salmon and herring chaos—add a quirky touch of the sea. The staff lead a stellar tour, packed with […]