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The town of Sainte-Mère-Église in Normandy, northwestern France, was the first in Europe to be liberated by the Allies from German occupatio...

Most travellers to Japan come prepared to see. They expect to be dazzled by cherry blossoms, the neon swirl of Tokyo’s Shinjuku, or the tran...

The town of Nordlingen in the Donau-Ries district of western Bavaria, Germany, is unlike any other town in the district. In fact, it's u...

Getting published has never been easy. Even the most celebrated authors once faced rejection after rejection. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter w...

On a grey morning in late May 1866, the waterfront of Fuzhou buzzed with anticipation. Along the Min River, some of the fastest ships ever b...

Legendary German composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach suffered from weak eyesight for much of his life. His handwriting—beautiful in ...

The Martin B-26 Marauder was one of the most successful bombers operated by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. It was also one of...

On the morning of November 8, 1888, the passenger steamer SS Vaitarna departed from Mandvi—a busy port in Kutch, in the Indian state of Guj...

Macquarie Island, a windswept outpost in the south-western Pacific Ocean between Tasmania and Antarctica, is a place of staggering natural w...

In the woods near the city of Nykøbing Falster in southern Denmark lies a big pile of broken branches. At first glance, it looks like nothin...