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Colonialism

Tarout, Saudi Arabia

Tarout Castle

This former Portuguese defensive fort atop a hill was occupied for thousands of years.

Velha Goa, India

The Convent of St. Dominic's Cross

The only surviving relic of the abandoned Dominican convent.

For years, the triathlon occurred on the lake of a volcano crater, but now takes place on the ocean.

The World’s Most Remote Triathlon Involves Bird Eggs, a Volcano, and Bananas

Tau’a Rapa Nui continues to fight for its place against shifting tides.

Charis McGowan April 18, 2024

Kent, Sierra Leone

Firing Point

On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.

Each air bubble says so much about life and death on Earth.

Gas Trapped in Antarctic Ice Recorded the Mass Death of 56 Million People

Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.

Meg St-Esprit March 14, 2024

No images of Tarenorerer have survived today: However, this portrait shows an Aboriginal woman from southern Tasmania, a contemporary of Tarenorerer, and perhaps the best example we have of what Tarenorerer might've worn and looked like.

The Fierce Female Warrior Who Fought Tasmania’s Colonizers

An Aboriginal woman from northwest Tasmania, Tarenorerer became one of the war's most feared soldiers.

Valorie Castellanos Clark March 13, 2024

Potsdam, Germany

Tip of Mount Kilimanjaro

A stone from Africa's tallest peak is immortalized in a Potsdam palace—but is it actually the mountaintop?

A New and Correct Map of AMERICA (London, 1752).

For Hundreds of Years, People Thought California Was an Island

Dozens of maps show cartography's most persistent mistake.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think February 16, 2024

Hòa Vang, Vietnam

Bà Nà Hills

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

An Arctic tern in flight; the seabirds were a critical source of food for the Beothuk people of Newfoundland, and also likely inspired some of their funerary traditions.

In Newfoundland, a Bird Spirit May Have Guided a Lost Culture's Dead

For centuries, the Beothuk people relied on seabirds to survive—and likely to find their way to the afterlife.

Nicky Nielsen February 7, 2024

Casa da Moeda

The erstwhile Portuguese Era mint house of Goa.

Saint-Leu, Réunion

Musée Stella Matutina

A museum dedicated to the history of sugar cultivation on Réunion island.

La Guez Mère

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

Scott City, Kansas

El Cuartelejo

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

The parasitic plant <em>Sapria himalayana</em>, also known as the jeweled corpse flower, was one of several rare species found in the Siang Valley by ATREE botanists.

The Biodiversity of India's Siang Valley Rediscovered After an Infamous Colonial Expedition

A red velvet worm, jeweled corpse flower, and other rare species were found while retracing the route of the bloody 1911-12 Abor Expedition.

Deepa Padmanaban December 12, 2023

Eating with your hands is an essential part of the kamayan experience.

military history

Eat This Filipino Feast with Your Hands

The kamayan, also known as a boodle fight, has a long, curious history.

Diana Hubbell December 4, 2023

An overlooked character on the Victoria ship possibly got to his homeland before the Europeans arrived in theirs.

Did an Enslaved Man Beat Magellan to Circling the World?

The unsung hero may have also been instrumental in defeating the colonizers.

Kate McMahon November 20, 2023

St. Augustine, Florida

González–Álvarez House

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.