It’s a sun-splashed morning in Santa Barbara, where the Pacific kisses the shore with a lover’s tenderness and the scent of bougainvillea wafts through ...

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In fact, they often shorten it themselves—with 168 letters, it’s the longest place name in the world. Ready? It is this: ...

The World Video Game Hall of Fame has four new inductees. The Class of 2025 was enshrined Thursday in recognition of how they challenged players and changed the industry.

Can I name these world countries on an INVISIBLE map?! Taking a small break from my "Can I name all 197 countries in the world" series I wanted to see if I could name all these countries on an ...

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These stalwarts are members of the cricket societies that dot the map from Edinburgh to Bournemouth, Bristol to Chester-le-Street. They meet, generally once a month, when the summer game has followed ...

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

The charming exterior of Artisan Boulanger Patissier beckons from its South Philly corner, promising French delights behind that unassuming burgundy awning. Photo credit: Mio T. Tucked away on a ...

When Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the loggia of St Peter's Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, he set three precedents. He is the first pope fr ...

In the note, written to the seller's great-uncle on April 10, 1912, first-class passenger Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship: “It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before ...

Here, we take a look at 7 out of the nearly 400 examples of modernist architecture featured in a new guide by Adam Štěch.