Facts on every country in the world, and 2,178 travel tips for places to go in 217 of them.
During the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, a tunnel 800 m long was dug under the airport runway to connect the besieged city with free territory.
A huge ancient city near Mexico City, once one of the largest in the world, with the Avenue of the Dead, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of th…
The tallest building in the world, 828 m, with observation decks on the 124th, 125th and 148th floors.
The westernmost of the Faroe Islands, home to thousands of puffins and other seabirds in summer.
A road trip of about 350 km through the karst mountains of Hà Giang, Vietnam's northernmost province, on the border with China.
The 83 m medieval belfry towers over the Markt, the main square of Bruges, lined with gabled guild houses and café terraces.
The house where Claude Monet lived for 43 years, and the gardens he created and painted again and again: a flower garden bursting with colour, and ac…
The Matterhorn, 4,478 m, is the most famous mountain in the Alps, rising alone above the car-free village of Zermatt.
The Canadian side has the best view of all three falls, especially the Horseshoe Falls, with water thundering 57 m over a curved edge.
One of the most photographed beaches in the world, with pink granite boulders, white sand and a shallow turquoise lagoon.
A golden sandstone fort rising out of the Thar Desert, one of the few 'living forts' in the world, with about a quarter of the town's people living i…
An underground Neolithic burial complex carved into the rock around 4000 BC, with chambers on three levels, some painted with red ochre spirals.
