From dodging demolition and bankruptcy to surviving the Great Depression and urban growth, Europe’s vintage amusement parks offer a glimpse into a simpler age.
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28 June 2012
From Washington DC to Tel Aviv, there is industrial beauty and history embedded in some of the city’s most overlooked features.
21 June 2012
In a violent European age, Vikings were the ultimate brutes, spreading from Scandinavia to plunder and raid. Signs of their conquest prevail in Iceland, a former Viking dominion.
20 June 2012
Through September, London’s Tower Bridge is holding a small but interesting exhibition on the facts, medal counts and trivia of each of the modern Olympics.
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20 June 2012
From outlaws and ghost towns to horse riding and boot shopping, this informative, historic and culinary trip goes back to the Old West in eight states.
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15 June 2012
Once a place of risky cattle drives and sundown duels, the state’s cowboy legacy lives on today.
14 June 2012
The James River Batteaux Festival is a 120-mile-long, eight-day, time-travel boat ride re-enacting a nearly forgotten era of local trade.
14 June 2012
The country's brutal 12-year civil conflict is on display in and around Perquín’s inspiring Museo de la Revolución Salvadoreña.
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11 June 2012
From Sydney to Melbourne to Perth, urban tours are challenging the perception that the country’s Aboriginal history can only be experienced in the desert.
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07 June 2012
On assignment to Laos for the first time since the 1970s, Tony Wheeler heads up the Mekong to investigate the thousands of Buddhist sculptures found in these spectacular caves.
29 May 2012
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