Monday, September 14, 2026

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Folks

From the Caesars to the Renaissance, Who Are the Italians

From the legions of Rome to the genius of the Renaissance and the cuisine that conquered the world, the story of the Italians, a fragmented people with a universal cultural legacy.

The illuminated Mysore Palace, seat of the Wodeyar kings of Karnataka
Folks

From the Ruins of Hampi to the Code of Bengaluru, the Long Story of the Kannada People

The Kannada people of Karnataka, their classical Dravidian language, the Hoysala temples, the empire of Vijayanagara, princely Mysore, Deccan sultanates, and the rise of Bengaluru.

Folks

From Viking Raiders to the People’s Home, the Swedish Story

From the longships that reached the Caspian to a Baltic empire, and from mass emigration to the famous welfare state, the long and surprising story of the Swedes.

Night view of Fukuoka city, famous for its food culture
Travel

Fukuoka Food: Tonkotsu Ramen and Yatai

A guide to Fukuoka’s legendary food scene, from rich tonkotsu ramen to the open-air yatai food stalls of Kyushu’s food capital.

Fukuoka Tower rising over the seaside Momochi district at sunset
Travel

Fukuoka Tower: The Seaside Landmark

A travel guide to Fukuoka Tower, Japan’s tallest seaside tower, offering sweeping views over the city and Hakata Bay.

Fukuoka Tower and the seaside skyline of Fukuoka
Travel

Fukuoka Travel Guide: Tower, Shrines & Food

Your complete Fukuoka travel guide hub: Fukuoka Tower, Dazaifu Tenmangu, central Tenjin and Hakata, and the city’s famous food.

Fulani People
Folks

Fulani Herders of the Sahel and Their Nation Scattered Across a Continent

No people in Africa reaches farther than the Fulani. From the Atlantic coast of Senegal to the plains of Sudan, across some twenty countries and four thousand kilometers of savanna,

Vermilion torii gate tunnel at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto
Travel

Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto: the Endless Torii Gate Trail

Fushimi Inari Taisha is Kyoto’s most iconic shrine, famous for thousands of vermilion torii gates winding up a sacred mountain. Here’s how to visit.

The ruins of ancient Gabala in Azerbaijan
History

Gabala: The Six-Hundred-Year Capital of a Forgotten Caucasian Kingdom

In the green foothills of the Greater Caucasus, in what is now northern Azerbaijan, lie the ruins of a city that was once the capital of a kingdom most people

Comrat, capital of Gagauzia
Folks

Gagauz of the Moldovan Steppe, a Turkic People of the Orthodox Faith

In the open steppes of southern Moldova lives one of the most unusual peoples of Europe: the Gagauz, a Turkic-speaking nation who are devout Orthodox Christians. Speakers of a language