'Uncomfortable memory' tour faces Barcelona slave history
Barcelona, and other cities, confront the 'uncomfortable memory' of slave-built fortunes that paid for many of their famous sights.
Barcelona, and other cities, confront the 'uncomfortable memory' of slave-built fortunes that paid for many of their famous sights.
The solution to this week's puzzle is the beautiful cathedral of Malta. A highlight of any visit to the island.
This week marks the opening of the 'canopy' at Paris's Forum des Halles, the latest attempt to create a popular space where the city's markets once were.
Almost any monument or structure that lasts more than a few years becomes a graffiti target. The Pont du Gard has been one for a thousand years!
Plans have been unveiled to turn the landmark U.S. Embassy building in London's Grosvenor Square into a luxury hotel. Work starts next year.
Grand Army Plaza is one of Brooklyn's hubs, where Prospect Park meets the Central Library, a memorial arch, the Greenmarket and much more.
Olana, in Hudson NY, was home to Frederic Church, one of the most famous painters of the Hudson River School.
Following a trend set in Rome by luxury-goods companies, Milan's fashion houses and others are banding together to raise money for preservation.
Ian Cook shares images of the unusual triangular houses, Camacha, Madeira.
Prague is a popular city with photographers, but spacesXplaces shares some extraordinary different ways of looking at it, and some parts seldom seen.
As laws change in Italy to favor development over preservation, archaeologists worry that the country's ancient heritage is being lost.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with seven major theatres as well as arts schools and a library, began as one of Robert Moses' urban renewal projects
Three ancient olive trees keep company with an even older bridge, the famed Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct that once brought water to Nîmes.
Get set for controversy as Paris planners re-imagine seven major Paris squares, including Bastille, Nation and Madeleine to be more pedestrian-friendly.
In historic Vicksburg, an architecturally significant courthouse that also has an enduring role in history, serves as a local history museum.