Places

This Soviet-era solar furnace built in 1981 generates heat up to 3,000 °C.

Leave a trail of light as you kayak in brightest bioluminescent bay on the planet.

Visit a cool new gallery in Milan's coolest neighbourhood – a breathtaking underground Estruscan gallery in Porto Venezia.

Have your fortune told the Icelandic way in a museum dedicated to the medieval prophetess, Þórdís.

A deadly mistake by a Soviet drilling team has created one of the most unforgettable experiences in Central Asia.

This uninhabited island just off the coast of Fuerteventura is a great place to reconnect with nature.

Lisbon’s most peaceful cemetery is also home to a tribe of very chilled and very pampered feral cats.

Following in Garibaldi’s footsteps, author Tim Parks inadvertently discovers a Renaissance masterpiece.

Teenagers come to this tiny Croatian island from all over the world to learn the ancient art of stonemasonry.

Once a symbol of oppression, Tallinn’s brutal Soviet statues have been rounded up and saved for posterity.