Once Malta’s Capital, Mdina and Its Baroque Splendor Are A Draw Today
The town of Mdina played a huge role in Maltese history. Today, it's hugely popular for its walled Baroque splendor.
15 Places In Spain You Don’t Want To Skip Out On
From Madrid’s Golden Triangle to the cliffs of Ronda, here are 15 of the best places to visit in Spain that deserve a spot on ...
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Ste Marie designs "dreamlike" interior for Toronto luggage store
Waxed plaster walls, rainbow onyx surfaces and an olive tree create a spa-like atmosphere inside this store for luggage brand ...
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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s Palace
The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...
Where to Chill on the Cheap in the Caribbean
On the southern coast of Belize, the laid-back beach town of Placencia, on the tip of a 16-mile-long peninsula, offers access ...
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Gary, Indiana, and the Long Shadow of U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.
This monument to electricity nears 100 years old and still lights Kansas City’s skyline
Kansas City Power & Light eventually sold the building in 1957, though the company continued to lease office space there until 1991 . By 2014, the building’s last tenants left, and work began on ...
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The best things to do in Christchurch
Once devastated by earthquakes, New Zealand’s second-largest city is bursting with new restaurants, gleaming architecture and ...
M. Night Shyamalan’s Former N.Y.C. Penthouse Lists for $14.5 Million
The director's onetime duplex apartment crowns a boutique condominium in Tribeca and features four bedrooms and two sprawling ...
This $40 Million L.A. Mansion Has a Funicular and a Hillside Glamping Spot
This modernist L.A. estate, located in the Brentwood neighborhood, was designed by AD100 designers Ramin and Pamela Shamshiri ...
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Necropolis in Naples Reveals the Enduring Influence of Ancient Greece
A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...
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IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008
To the east, across a large courtyard enclosed by high walls ... limestone. For all of the iconic architectural gestures that have followed in its wake, the Museum of Islamic Art remains perhaps ...