USA - The Patriots of Boston
The story of Boston is a fascinating tale of settlers taking on the unknown in a strange land, the struggle for control by a superpower...
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The real Fred Flintstone of Europe
For many of us, our perception of Stone Age man may have been moulded by Stonehenge and the likes of Fred Flintstone! But in Europe, you...
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The Great Wall of China
In 2016, the then-presidential candidate Donald Trump made the extension of the USA Mexico border wall a major electoral promise. Four...
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Sri Lanka - the Buddhist story of the Pearl of the Indian Ocean
With tales of great ancient empires, the colonial era, and wildlife abound, there is so much to see and do in Sri Lanka. But one theme...
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Peru - The royal roads of the Inca
Extending to some 25,000 miles in length and spanning several South American countries, the Inca road system holds some familiarities to...
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Greece - the Panhellenic games of Olympia and Delphi
If you were asked on a quiz night the frequency of the Olympic Games, this would be a banker for most with the answer of course being...
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The Trojan Wars - the real Mycenae, Nestor's Palace and Troy.
The Trojan Wars and the wooden horse, the story which has led to so many books, films, and TV series, but how much is actually true? For...
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Antarctica - the great escape of Earnest Shackleton
Everyone needs a hero and for the British Isles this would cause a great deal of debate, but for the prize of the greatest escape from...
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Greece - this is Sparta!
This is Sparta! The phrase uttered by King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae or so the Hollywood producers would have us believe in...
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Chernobyl
Back in 1986, Europe experienced an event so big the word Chernobyl would become synonymous with the word nuclear, disaster, and...
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Bodie – “There's gold in them thar hills”
Name me a person who wouldn’t like to head into the hills and find a bucket load of gold? Well that is what happened in 1859 to W.S....
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The South American enigma - the Nazca lines
Alien runways, astronomical etchings or ritual pathways, these are some of the theories created to explain the Nazca geoglyphs or lines...
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Spoiler Alert - the button isn't red!
A visit to the Ukrainian city of Kiev may seem an unlikely place to visit for some but as the gateway to the Chernobyl zone and a city...
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All roads lead to Rome
A saying which many of us may well use at least once in our lifetime is the old classic “All roads lead to Rome". Indeed remnants of the...
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