Visiting The Past

When traveling, most people focus on tourist sites and beautiful scenery and ignore the more rundown areas. However, some of the world’s most notorious...

I was eager to visit and explore the Etruscan Necropolis of Monterozzi at Tarquinia, in Northern Lazio, after reading about the painted burial chambers that are preserved here. I caught the local bus from Tarquinia train station into the centre, and then it was not too far to walk to the necropolis on the outskirts of town.

The most impressive frescoes for me were found in the Tomb of the Leopards. The main strip of mural depicts a lavish banqueting scene in honour of the dead, including several couples tended by two young boys. The men have darker skin while the women are lighter. The side walls of the burial chamber are painted with people bringing dishes, playing instruments and dancing among pretty foliage. Although the drawing is quite simple, it is amazing to see such strong colours bursting out of a fresco that dates back to around 450 BC. [...]

From burnt food to PEZ memorabilia, there's a museum for everything. Start planning your summer roadtrip immediately.

Stanford University celebrates the National Park's 150th anniversary with some retro photos

Now buried several metres deep under the muddy ground in a former shrimp farm in Samut Sakhon province, a millennium-old ship once sailed many oceans of the world. The vessel, 25m long, had travelled from faraway lands to transport a variety of goods to cities on this part of the Earth before it sank here during the Dvaravati period (6th-11th centuries).

at the bauhaus art school, two original buildings designed by walter gropius have been restored and reinterpreted by german practice BFM architekten.

If you want to know if secret gardens really do exist, look no further for England’s Lost Gardens of Heligan will likely make you...

History and floor plan of Regency era town houses in London and other English cities.

If you’ve ever dreamt of being a time traveler like Doc Brown, now’s your chance. Starting today, you can travel to the past to see how a place has changed over the years by exploring Street View imagery in

Google Maps for desktop. We've gathered historical imagery from past Street View collections dating back to 2007 to create this digital time capsule of the world.