Rising on a rocky spur beneath the Mokattam hills, dominating the skyline of Cairo, stands one of the great medieval Islamic fortresses of the world: the Citadel of Cairo, the

In the northwest corner of the ancient walled city of Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, stands a great medieval fortress that has guarded the Syrian

High on the cliffs of Cap Diamant, looking down over the mighty St. Lawrence River and the rooftops of one of the oldest cities in North America, stands the great

Come over the hill toward Carcassonne, and you may think you have fallen asleep and woken inside a storybook. There, rising above the vineyards of southern France, stands an entire

There is no other place on earth quite like the Forbidden City. For nearly five centuries it was the most secret and exclusive spot in the world, the sealed heart

On a windswept, fog-shrouded shore of Cape Breton Island, at the far eastern edge of Canada, stands one of the most extraordinary historical sites in North America. The Fortress of

Nothing quite prepares you for the Grand Palace of Bangkok. Behind its high white walls on the banks of the Chao Phraya River lies a dazzling city of gold and

Some monuments impress you with their beauty, others with their age, but the Great Wall of China overwhelms you with something rarer: sheer, almost incomprehensible scale, sustained across an almost

A short boat ride from the city of Dakar, off the coast of Senegal, lies a small and beautiful island whose name has become synonymous with one of the greatest

Some places hold a few centuries of history; the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long holds a thousand years. In the heart of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, this great walled