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Despite the far-reaching consequences of Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press, much about the man remains a mystery, buried deep beneath layers of Mainz history.
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If Abu Simbel had not been saved, places like Vienna's Historic Centre, Cambodia's Angkor Wat and other Unesco World Heritage sites might only live on in history books.
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A rocky, remote outcrop in Scotland inspired the realisation that the Earth was millions of years old – and led Charles Darwin to his theory of evolution.
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Roebling is barely a blip on the map when it comes to tourism, but the mark it has left on the world is profound.
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A remarkable series of events is ensuring that Hiroshima will go down in history for far more inspirational reasons than the A-bomb.
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The 95 Theses rocked the foundations of politics and power across Europe, and continue to affect our lives today – from language, art and music to our concept of freedom.
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Banda Run is a place where history meets legend, where traditional ships still sail past live volcanoes to a forgotten island that once changed the world.
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St Moritz, the showiest of Switzerland’s Alpine resorts, is no ordinary ski town – it’s responsible for winter tourism as we know it today.
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A series that examines the characteristics of a country and investigates whether they are true.
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First-person accounts of travellers’ inner journeys of transformation and growth as they go to some the world’s most fascinating places.
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Celebrate human kindness in all its forms with these uplifting, feel-good tales of connection that warm and feed the soul.
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A celebration of this planet and the pure joy of travelling around it
