In the heart of Honolulu, surrounded by the modern towers of Hawaii’s capital, stands a building that holds a unique place in the history of the United States. Iolani Palace

In the heart of Medan, the sprawling capital of Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, stands a palace unlike any other in the archipelago, a great yellow building crowned with domes and

On a hill overlooking the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, its golden domes gleaming above landscaped grounds, stands the official residence of one of the most unusual monarchs in the

A rose had grown on its own on my head. One day it faded away by itself. The fallen leaves are still in my hair, They planted ivy on me

Rising from the golden sands of the Thar desert like a great sandcastle brought to life, glowing tawny by day and honey-gold at sunset, Jaisalmer Fort is one of the

In the green hills of northern Jordan lies one of the best-preserved provincial Roman cities anywhere in the world. Jerash, the ancient Gerasa, still has its colonnaded streets, temples, theatres

People have lived at Jericho for around 11,000 years without a break. It holds the oldest known town wall and tower on Earth, and some of humanity’s first portraits — the haunting plastered skulls of its Neolithic dead.

At a Neolithic village in China, people made flutes from crane bones that still play a musical scale nine thousand years later, brewed an ancient rice drink, and carved mysterious symbols. Meet Jiahu.

Imagine an illiterate teenage girl from a remote village, with no military training and no standing whatsoever, walking into the court of a desperate prince and announcing that God had

On the edge of the Estonian capital of Tallinn, set within a beautiful park that stretches toward the sea, stands an elegant baroque palace with a story that reaches far