Travel
To travel or not to travel? This is a common question many people ask. It is a pertinent inquiry, as salaried workers often do not…
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Traveling to India for the First Time
By Nicholas Klacsanzky As a 20-year-old college student with cash to spare, going to India was a dream. I had been listening to tons of…
The Most Obese Countries in the World and Why They Are on the List
Despite global poverty, there is also global obesity. This demonstrates the imbalance the world is in now. Obesity is a dangerous condition, as it leads…
Famous Haunted Hotels
There must be something special about hotels that makes people’s imagination inhabit them with ghosts, poltergeists, and other supernatural beings. We can find countless stories…
The History of the First Conquest of Everest
There is a popular phrase used by alpinists when asked about why they have chosen to climb mountains: “Because they exist.” If you think this…
Tomb Treasures of Han China
By Sam Burt, on The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Why did the Emperors of the Qin and Han…
The Western Wall of Jerusalem
Jerusalem is often referred to as the city of three religions. Throughout the thousands of years that it has existed, this city had been conquered,…
Why Working and Living in China is Good for You
Every day, China is becoming more and more influential in terms of the global economy, politics, and authority. The times when China was an underdeveloped…
Melbourne
Australia is probably one of the most mysterious regions of the world—at least for people who have never been there before. A huge continent on…
Ryoanji Garden
When speaking of Japan, most people imagine a certain set of things: Fujisan (also known as Fujiyama), sushi, geisha, samurai, anime, shinobi (often incorrectly called…
Why Southeast Asia is the Best Tourist Destination
There are places on our planet that tourists around the world have been favoring for decades. Hawaii, India, Southern Europe—these are examples of popular destinations,…
Julia Margaret Cameron in Ceylon: Idylls of Freshwater vs. Idylls of Rathoongodde
This article [Julia Margaret Cameron in Ceylon: Idylls of Freshwater] was originally published in The Public Domain Review [https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/07/09/julia-margaret-cameron-in-ceylon-idylls-of-freshwater-vs-idylls-of-rathoongodde/] under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0.…
Why Travelling is the Best Way to Change Your Life
How many times, when finding yourself in a difficult situation, you heard something like, “You just need to go somewhere, change your environment, and meet…
What Burns Me about the Bern: The Fellow Traveling of Bernie Sanders
By Nevin Gussack A number of leftist senators and congressmen developed positions and attitudes that were favorable towards communist dictatorships. In some cases, such elected…
Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World
This article [Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World] was originally published in The Public Domain Review [Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World] under a Creative…
Description of a Desert
It is difficult to form a correct idea of a desert without having seen one. It is a vast plain of sands and stones, interspersed…
Picturing Don Quixote
Four hundred years ago, on April 23, 1616, Miguel de Cervantes died. In the prologue to his posthumously-published The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda, he…
As a White Slave – A Historical Insight into the Old New York
Early the other morning, I started out, not with the pleasure-seekers, but with those who toil the day long that they may live. Everybody was…
American Style of Communication Compared to the European one
People often talk about cultural differences between western and eastern countries. Indeed, the way of thinking, traditions, religious customs, living conditions, and so on in…
Coining Columbus
Theodore de Bry, born in the Prince-Bishopric of Liege in 1528, lived and worked in Strasbourg, Antwerp, and London before he ultimately settled in Frankfurt,…
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