Industrial Birmingham was an important stop on the grand tours of various Muslim rulers, all eager to learn from the city of a thousand trades.

The kidnap of Bennelong, 25 November 1789, William Bradley, 1802. State Library of New South Wales. Public Domain. Growing up ...

How did Spain, Western Europe’s last dictatorship, become one of its most popular tourist destinations?

A routine Native American cattle round-up at the US-Mexico border in 1898 became an international incident.