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The sight of a 13,000-pound military tank headed your way might be anxiety inducing, but if Sergey Akimov is driving, you’ll be just...

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In communist Romania, buying a VCR off the black market was a path to salvation—or, at least, a respite from heavily censored progra...

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Amongst the picturesque cliffs of Mount Athos, Greece, lives a community of monks who have been on this sacred piece of land for cen...

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To say the Hintons love World War II-era fighter planes would be an understatement. The family runs a museum dedicated to these vict...

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Talk about choice real estate—the Eltz Castle in Wierschem, Germany, is a spectacular medieval structure that sits within a valley,...

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Budapest’s Dohány Street Synagogue is the largest synagogue in Europe, easily accommodating 3,000 worshippers. Beyond being a monume...

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Soaring skyscrapers dominate Singapore’s skyline, but the city-state’s older structures—historic churches, temples and heritage buil...

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For the past 850 years, the Ogasawara family has been teaching the ancient samurai ritual of yabusame—a style of combat involving ar...

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Electric cars may seem like a contemporary, eco-friendly concept, but did you know they made a brief appearance in 19th-century New...

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Located just outside of Rovaniemi City is Kotisaari, one of Finland’s tiniest islands. Measuring only 820 feet long and 200 feet wid...