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Is this the UK's most progressive city?

How Brighton & Hove became Britain's greenest city (Credit: Steven Swinnen/Getty Images)

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The sunken roads carved out of rock

By Joel Balsam

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The US lake of sunken steamboats

By Erinne Magee

Ptarmigan and black currant salsa (Credit: Adrienne Murray Nielsen)

A remote restaurant unreachable by road

By Adrienne Murray Nielsen

Brochs: The mysterious circular symbols of Scotland (Credit: Loop Images/Getty Images)

Britain's mysterious circular towers

By Chris Griffiths

Middle Eastern or Arabic dishes and assorted meze (Credit: thesomegirl/Getty Images)

Changing how the world thinks about food

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France is facing a widespread dearth of Dijon mustard (Credit: Ed Rooney/Alamy)

Why Dijon disappeared from France

By Emily Monaco

Prince Edward Island's new Island Walk spans 700km (Credit: Carolyn B Heller)

Canada's new 700km island path

By Carolyn B Heller

The Ziggurat of Ur is a 4,100-year-old massive, tiered shrine lined with giant staircases (Credit: Geena Truman)

Ancient Engineering Marvels

Iraq's answer to the pyramids

By Geena Truman

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Adventure & Experience

An underground city of 20,000 people

By Geena Truman

World's Table

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Pizzoccheri: Italy's debated buckwheat pasta recipe

Ancient Engineering Marvels

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The 'walking' statues of Easter Island

Ancient Engineering Marvels

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The watery secret of ancient North America

Food & Hospitality

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The Kabul restaurant preserving the teapot stew tradition

Discovery

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Schmilka: The progressive German town stuck in the past

World's Table

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The Arctic Circle: A new frontier for sustainable wine

Adventure & Experience

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The Himalaya's hidden 'paradise valleys'

Culture & Identity

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The royal roots of Quebec's French

Hidden Britain

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The British islands that disappear every day