Yurts: No rampaging nomadic tribe of the Eurasian steppe would be caught dead without one
The Areni-1 shoe: An Armenian cave yielded the oldest leather footwear in the world
Norway and the Vikings’ churches, built the same way they did their ships
The Devil’s Bridge in Germany’s Kromlau Park is designed to reflect a perfect circle in the water
Ronnie and Reggie Kray were the most feared criminals of the East End of London
African mining magnate Cecil Rhodes funded prestigious scholarship at Oxford University in his will
The Witch House: The 17th century home of Salem judge only one still standing
Chillingham Castle in Northumberland: a centuries-old witness of wars, deaths, and tortures
J.R.R. Tolkien’s other adventure: Courting and marrying Edith Bratt
The site in Rome where Julius Caesar was killed is now a stray cat-sanctuary
