At the end of the American Civil war 20,000 Confederates immigrated to Brazil, where slavery was legal & formed a community
Qasr Al-Mshatta in Jordan: the ruins of the desert palace that, regardless of earthquakes, war, abandonment, and pollution, still radiate beauty
The centuries-old “Underground Salt Cathedral” of Poland is so vast, it’s possible to go bungee jumping
Shakespearean actor Sir Alec Guinness left the stage for the Royal Navy when he enlisted in WWII and was a key part of invasion of Sicily
Pattie Boyd was the real-life “Layla,” who married George Harrison and became the romantic obsession of his close friend, Eric Clapton
There are bodies under the giant heads of Easter Island – one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world