Features, From the History Books, Peru Who Really Rediscovered Machu Picchu? Explorer Hiram Bingham took the credit for finding the city, but another name was scrawled on a wall when he arrived...
Features, From the History Books, Kenya The P.O.Ws Who Escaped - Not to Freedom, But to Climb Mount Kenya In 1943, three Italian prisoners broke out of P.O.W Camp 354, climbed Mount Kenya, then walked right back into camp...
Features, From the History Books Winter Solstice Traditions From Around the World How people through history have celebrated the darkest night of the year...
Features, From the History Books, Scotland How a Botanist Became the First Person to Summit Ben Nevis The story of how Edinburgh's James Robertson made the first recorded ascent of the UK’s highest mountain in August 1771
Guides, From the History Books, Japan The Ancient Pilgrim Trails Through Japan's Sacred Mountains The Kumano Kodo is a UNESCO designated network of pilgrimage trails connecting ancient mountain shrines...
Guides, From the History Books, Scotland The Ultimate Guide to the Caledonian Canal: Scotland's Monster Waterway Telford's canal created a new route through Scotland. Today, it's one of the country's great adventures... the Great Glen Way
Features, From the History Books, Greenland Why Are There So Many Ghost Towns in Greenland? From abandoned American army bases to ruined Viking settlements, Greenland is an island of abandoned places...
Features, Norway, From the History Books The Man Who’s Been Kayaking Norway's Fjords for 25 Years We speak to Jan Nielsen, who's spent a quarter of a century guiding groups of the Nærøyfjord, the pearl of Norway's fjords...
Features, From the History Books, Morocco How a Murder Suspect Became the First Tourist to Climb Mount Toubkal The story of René de Segonzac, who became the first recorded person to climb to North Africa's highest point, 100 years ago...
Features, From the History Books, India From Tea Growing to Eco Tourism in Munnar: An Ecological History How colonial settlers altered the landscape of Munnar, and the conservation practices that restored it...
Features, From the History Books Exploring Sri Lanka’s Ancient Rock Fortress of Sigiriya The fascinating tale of the lion-shaped fortress in the heart of the Sri Lankan jungle...
Features, Estonia, From the History Books The UNESCO-Listed tradition of the Estonian Smoke Sauna The 800 year-old tradition of the steam sauna was once a matter of life, death and everything in between...
Features, From the History Books, Mexico Exploring Palenque, the Mayan City Lost in the Mexican Jungle Nestled into the jungles of southern Mexico, the ancient Mayan city of Palenque has a fascinating past...
Features, From the History Books, Hiking Mrs Henry Warwick Cole's 1850s Tour of the Mighty Monte Rosa The Victorian adventurer's 1859 guide to the Tour of Monte Rosa was the first written in English by a woman alpinist...
Features, From the History Books How Bedouin Culture is Shaping Tourism in Egypt's Sinai Desert We talk to Said Khedr and Tanis Newman, who are pioneering new diving and climbing routes, and empowering the local Bedouins...
