History

Adobe cities and Atomic bombs: New Mexico - Texas Trip ‘25

Santa Fe and ABQ Old Town have a unique vibe, filled with adobe-like houses. This architectural style originated with the native tribes a...

Raised on Jackscrews, Reversed the River, Crime Capital, Nolan’s Gotham

Unlike trams, cable cars do not have any motors inside them. A cable keeps moving under the streets, and the cars catch onto it, to move ...

TLDR: They spent decades gathering public support, 10 years in political lobbying, and just 2 years to build the largest dam in the world...

Around the same time Columbus landed, some guy published a random fictitious novel about a mythical island where only black women live (A...

The second most visited spot in India is home to the Wadiyar dynasty, who have been ruling the Kingdom of Mysore for 551 years, through 2...

In 1341, a massive flood of the river Periyar destroyed Kerala, reshaping its coastline in the process. This formed the natural harbour o...

In 1917, the British set up a quarantine center at the edge of India. Indians, who were being brought to Sri Lanka to work in tea estates...

In the 1950s, from Colombo Fort Railway Station, you could take a train ticket to Dhanushkodi (India). The train would take you to Thalai...