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Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 or Madrid 🇪🇸? ...

2026-11-03T09:30:12Z

Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 or Madrid 🇪🇸?

Strasbourg is never a bad idea 🇫🇷 ...

2026-11-03T04:45:22Z

Strasbourg is never a bad idea 🇫🇷

An evening in Philadelphia 🇺🇸 ...

2026-11-03T02:00:21Z

An evening in Philadelphia 🇺🇸

What a summer in the Dolomites looks like 🇮🇹 ...

2026-11-02T21:30:23Z

What a summer in the Dolomites looks like 🇮🇹

What is the most beautiful statue you have seen? ...

2026-11-02T19:00:27Z

What is the most beautiful statue you have seen?

I did not know Melbourne had architecture like this... 🇦🇺 ...

2026-11-02T14:00:22Z

I did not know Melbourne had architecture like this... 🇦🇺

The aesthetics of 1970s Windhoek, (Namibia) are off the charts ...

2026-11-02T08:00:19Z

The aesthetics of 1970s Windhoek, (Namibia) are off the charts 🇳🇦

The city is renowned for its remarkably well-preserved German colonial architecture.

Cenotaphs in the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 It is ...

2026-11-02T03:00:18Z

Cenotaphs in the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷

It is considered the most prestigious cemetery in the country, and one of the most beautiful in the world.

Villa Dore in Sardinia 🇮🇹 This is an eclectic residence ...

2026-11-01T21:45:14Z

Villa Dore in Sardinia 🇮🇹

This is an eclectic residence built over 20 years by a retired baker that had no formal training.

The Abbey of Montecassino 🇮🇹 Founded in 529 AD, this ...

2026-11-01T19:45:22Z

The Abbey of Montecassino 🇮🇹

Founded in 529 AD, this 1,400-year-old abbey is infamous for the devastating Allied bombing of February 1944, which reduced much of the original structure to rubble.

What you see today is its reconstruction.

The Hallgrimskirkja in Iceland 🇮🇸 ...

2026-11-01T17:15:11Z

The Hallgrimskirkja in Iceland 🇮🇸

Barichara in Colombia 🇨🇴 Widely regarded as one of ...

2026-11-01T12:00:21Z

Barichara in Colombia 🇨🇴

Widely regarded as one of Colombia's best-preserved colonial towns, Barichara combines beautifully preserved architecture with dramatic views from its plateau setting above the Andean foothills.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Molise 🇮🇹 This ...

2026-11-01T06:00:19Z

The Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Molise 🇮🇹

This country needs to seriously relax.

Everytime you think you’ve seen all the beautiful churches in Italy…you’ll see one you never heard of that is unbelievably beautiful.

The Church of San Francisco Acatepec 🇲🇽 A standout example ...

2026-10-31T23:12:05Z

The Church of San Francisco Acatepec 🇲🇽

A standout example of Mexican Baroque architecture, the church is renowned for its colorful Talavera-tiled façade and red-bricks.

The architecture of St. Petersburg 🇷🇺 ...

2026-10-31T17:04:05Z

The architecture of St. Petersburg 🇷🇺

Remember when Lisbon was considered an underrated city 🇵🇹 ...

2026-10-31T11:52:53Z

Remember when Lisbon was considered an underrated city 🇵🇹

Sometimes I miss Sicily like it was a person 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-31T05:15:36Z

Sometimes I miss Sicily like it was a person 🇮🇹

The eclectic Otto Wagner villa 🇦🇹 ...

2026-10-31T03:31:04Z

The eclectic Otto Wagner villa 🇦🇹

A night in New York City 🌘 ...

2026-10-30T22:23:39Z

A night in New York City 🌘

The Karlsschrein in Aachen 🇩🇪 The Karlsschrein (“Shrine ...

2026-10-30T16:30:19Z

The Karlsschrein in Aachen 🇩🇪

The Karlsschrein (“Shrine of Charlemagne”) is one of the greatest masterpieces of medieval goldsmithing and one of the most important treasures in Aachen Cathedral.

Completed around 1215, it was commissioned to house the remains of Charlemagne, who died in 814. It resembles a miniature church made entirely of gilded silver, gold, and precious stones.

Photographs of Mecca in 1887 vs 2015 ...

2026-10-30T11:45:26Z

Photographs of Mecca in 1887 vs 2015

The most under appreciated city in Europe. ...

2026-10-30T05:45:25Z

The most under appreciated city in Europe.

Palazzo Adriano in Sicily 🇮🇹 This town was made famous as ...

2026-10-30T00:45:49Z

Palazzo Adriano in Sicily 🇮🇹

This town was made famous as one of the shooting locations for the 1988 classic Cinema Paradiso.

It’s hard to imagine a better setting for a film like that.

Behind an ordinary brick façade in Bremen hides one of ...

2026-10-29T19:15:47Z

Behind an ordinary brick façade in Bremen hides one of Germany’s most extraordinary interiors 🇩🇪

We’ll always have Paris 🇫🇷 ...

2026-10-29T16:45:49Z

We’ll always have Paris 🇫🇷

The cities in Italy everyone needs to visit at least once ...

2026-10-29T11:00:51Z

The cities in Italy everyone needs to visit at least once 🇮🇹

Is there any city in North America more beautiful than Quebec ...

2026-10-29T05:45:24Z

Is there any city in North America more beautiful than Quebec City?

Tigre, Argentina 🇦🇷 Tigre is a town on Argentina’s ...

2026-10-28T23:45:38Z

Tigre, Argentina 🇦🇷

Tigre is a town on Argentina’s Paraná Delta, about 30 km north of Buenos Aires.

Today it is known for its network of waterways, historic rowing clubs, and Belle Époque architecture.

You would never guess that this building is actually a hospital ...

2026-10-28T18:30:20Z

You would never guess that this building is actually a hospital in London 🇬🇧

🇯🇵 Kobe’s Kitano district is a little slice of Europe in ...

2026-10-28T14:45:32Z

🇯🇵 Kobe’s Kitano district is a little slice of Europe in Japan.

Built by foreign merchants and diplomats after the port opened in 1868, its streets are lined with historic Western-style mansions.

Why don’t more people talk about Torino? 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-28T10:15:28Z

Why don’t more people talk about Torino? 🇮🇹

A rainy day in Manly 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-28T04:17:14Z

A rainy day in Manly 🇦🇺

Few French cities surprise visitors quite like Nancy 🇫🇷 ...

2026-10-28T00:15:25Z

Few French cities surprise visitors quite like Nancy 🇫🇷

In Pyrgi geometric xysta patterns have adorned lime-plastered ...

2026-10-27T18:15:35Z

In Pyrgi geometric xysta patterns have adorned lime-plastered buildings for centuries 🇬🇷

Venice’s Palazzo del Casinò is a beautiful example of Italian ...

2026-10-27T14:30:19Z

Venice’s Palazzo del Casinò is a beautiful example of Italian Rationalism and Fascist-era architecture.

If you could only visit one city in Germany, it should be ...

2026-10-27T10:45:23Z

If you could only visit one city in Germany, it should be Heidelberg 🇩🇪

Edinburgh is never a bad idea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ...

2026-10-27T06:15:21Z

Edinburgh is never a bad idea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brussels has its moments 🇧🇪 ...

2026-10-27T01:30:22Z

Brussels has its moments 🇧🇪

You’ve heard of Edinburgh but have you heard of Edinburgh of ...

2026-10-26T20:16:02Z

You’ve heard of Edinburgh but have you heard of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas?

In 1816, Scottish corporal William Glass settled on this remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic after Britain occupied it to prevent its use as a base to rescue Napoleon.

When the British garrison withdrew, Glass stayed behind with his family and companions, founding what would become the world’s most remote permanent settlement.

Vienna waits for you 🇦🇹 ...

2026-10-26T16:51:51Z

Vienna waits for you 🇦🇹

Prague - the city of a hundred spires 🇨🇿 ...

2026-10-26T11:30:23Z

Prague - the city of a hundred spires 🇨🇿

Call me crazy, but I don’t think Brussels is as bad as everyone ...

2026-10-26T05:45:21Z

Call me crazy, but I don’t think Brussels is as bad as everyone makes it sound 🇧🇪

Possibly the most underrated city in Italy 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-26T02:45:28Z

Possibly the most underrated city in Italy 🇮🇹

The destroyed interiors of the Reichstag 🇩🇪 ...

2026-10-25T22:00:22Z

The destroyed interiors of the Reichstag 🇩🇪

Love the aesthetics of the streets in Takayama ...

2026-10-25T17:00:16Z

Love the aesthetics of the streets in Takayama

Boulogne-Billancourt’s very Modernist town hall. ...

2026-10-25T15:30:18Z

Boulogne-Billancourt’s very Modernist town hall.

Copenhagen together? 🇩🇰 ...

2026-10-25T14:15:20Z

Copenhagen together? 🇩🇰

Strasbourg, the city that has changed hands between France and ...

2026-10-25T10:00:23Z

Strasbourg, the city that has changed hands between France and Germany for centuries 🇫🇷🇩🇪

This remote Norwegian church looks straight out of a Wes Anderson ...

2026-10-25T05:00:20Z

This remote Norwegian church looks straight out of a Wes Anderson movie.

Looking at photos of Trieste has me romanticizing the ...

2026-10-25T02:00:21Z

Looking at photos of Trieste has me romanticizing the Austro-Hungarian Empire 🇮🇹

Why don’t more people talk about Parma? 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-24T21:00:19Z

Why don’t more people talk about Parma? 🇮🇹

Italy aesthetics 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-24T18:30:23Z

Italy aesthetics 🇮🇹

“Berlin is a city condemned forever to becoming, and never to ...

2026-10-24T15:45:14Z

“Berlin is a city condemned forever to becoming, and never to being”

- Karl Scheffler

What a day in Lake Como looks like 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-24T09:45:22Z

What a day in Lake Como looks like 🇮🇹

“From Madrid to heaven, and in heaven, a little window to look ...

2026-10-24T05:00:23Z

“From Madrid to heaven, and in heaven, a little window to look back at it.”

- Spanish Proverb

The Palais du Trocadéro in Paris, built for the 1878 World’s ...

2026-10-23T23:15:19Z

The Palais du Trocadéro in Paris, built for the 1878 World’s Fair.

It was dismantled in 1935 in preparation for the 1937 Exposition Universelle, to make way for a new building, the Palais de Chaillot.

The Duomo di Lecce 🇮🇹 ...

2026-10-23T17:15:35Z

The Duomo di Lecce 🇮🇹

Budapest, the pearl of the Danube 🇭🇺 ...

2026-10-23T15:35:29Z

Budapest, the pearl of the Danube 🇭🇺

Amsterdam is a city like no other 🇳🇱 ...

2026-10-23T11:00:19Z

Amsterdam is a city like no other 🇳🇱

Colmar is straight out of a fairytale 🇫🇷 ...

2026-10-23T06:00:20Z

Colmar is straight out of a fairytale 🇫🇷

What’s a city you can’t wait to visit again? ...

2026-10-23T01:00:27Z

What’s a city you can’t wait to visit again?

You hear so much about Neuschwanstein Castle, but not enough ...

2026-10-22T21:15:30Z

You hear so much about Neuschwanstein Castle, but not enough about Schwerin Castle 🇩🇪

Some views you just can’t be ready for ...

2026-10-22T15:30:27Z

Some views you just can’t be ready for

Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 ...

2026-10-22T11:00:22Z

Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

The Queen Victoria Building in Sydney 🇦🇺 Built between 1893 ...

2026-10-22T05:30:32Z

The Queen Victoria Building in Sydney 🇦🇺

Built between 1893 and 1898, the building was created as a grand Victorian marketplace and shopping arcade.

Designed by George McRae, it features shops, offices, restaurants, and was named in honour of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

Sydney Town Hall 🇦🇺 It was built between 1869 and 1889 on ...

2026-10-21T23:45:25Z

Sydney Town Hall 🇦🇺

It was built between 1869 and 1889 on the site of the city’s former burial ground.

Designed by several architects, it became a major civic centre, with its grand Centennial Hall completed in 1889 and its enormous pipe organ installed in 1890, then the largest in the world.

My ideal home design aesthetic. ...

2026-10-21T18:00:22Z

My ideal home design aesthetic.

Kanazawa looks like one of the most peaceful places you can visit ...

2026-10-21T15:00:29Z

Kanazawa looks like one of the most peaceful places you can visit 🇯🇵

St. Andrew’s Church in Sydney 🇦🇺 Construction began in ...

2026-10-21T10:16:01Z

St. Andrew’s Church in Sydney 🇦🇺

Construction began in the 1830s and designed by colonial architect Edmund Blacket in the Gothic Revival style.

Consecrated in 1868, it became the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.

The largest church in Australia 🇦🇺 St Mary’s Cathedral is ...

2026-10-21T05:45:24Z

The largest church in Australia 🇦🇺

St Mary’s Cathedral is Sydney’s largest Catholic cathedral and one of Australia’s most important Gothic Revival buildings.

The building took an extraordinarily long time to complete. The main body was substantially completed during the 19th century, but the towers weren’t finished until 2000.

Hyde Park in Sydney 🇦🇺 Hyde Park is Australia’s oldest ...

2026-10-21T00:00:35Z

Hyde Park in Sydney 🇦🇺

Hyde Park is Australia’s oldest public park, established in Sydney in 1810 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

Originally used for horse racing and cricket, it later became a major civic space. Its monuments include the Archibald Fountain, Anzac Memorial and the statues of prominent Australian figures.

An early morning in Sydney’s CBD 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-20T19:45:22Z

An early morning in Sydney’s CBD 🇦🇺

A rainy day at Manly Beach 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-20T14:15:30Z

A rainy day at Manly Beach 🇦🇺

Loving this tropical island church aesthetic ...

2026-10-20T08:30:29Z

Loving this tropical island church aesthetic

No one painted surrealism like Rob Gonsalves. ...

2026-10-20T04:00:19Z

No one painted surrealism like Rob Gonsalves.

Everyone knows Italy has some of the most beautiful architecture ...

2026-10-19T23:15:20Z

Everyone knows Italy has some of the most beautiful architecture in the world.

But did you know it also has some of the strangest Brutalist architecture you’ll ever see.

📍Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami Built between 1914 and ...

2026-10-19T18:30:22Z

📍Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami

Built between 1914 and 1922 as the winter estate of industrialist James Deering, Vizcaya was modelled after the grand villas of Renaissance Italy.

The mansion features European antiques, ornate interiors and 34 decorated rooms, while its gardens draw inspiration from Italian traditions.

Just found an Instagram account that posts photos people take ...

2026-10-19T13:45:25Z

Just found an Instagram account that posts photos people take through windows of frescoes in random Italian apartments.

The view outside my hotel in Hamilton Island 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-19T08:45:28Z

The view outside my hotel in Hamilton Island 🇦🇺

The Rocks in Sydney 🇦🇺 The Rocks is Sydney’s oldest ...

2026-10-19T03:15:26Z

The Rocks in Sydney 🇦🇺

The Rocks is Sydney’s oldest historic neighborhood, right on the harbour next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

It gets its name from the sandstone outcrops that the early settlement was built around.

Königsberg Castle in 1890, a structure that stood since the 13th ...

2026-10-18T22:45:13Z

Königsberg Castle in 1890, a structure that stood since the 13th century, and the building the Soviets replaced it with.

Truly disgusting.

Colmar is like stepping into a fairy tale 🇫🇷 ...

2026-10-18T16:45:20Z

Colmar is like stepping into a fairy tale 🇫🇷

Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays 🇦🇺 It’s easily one of ...

2026-10-18T14:30:18Z

Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays 🇦🇺

It’s easily one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

My apologies Atlanta Marriott Marquis, I was not familiar with ...

2026-10-18T08:30:25Z

My apologies Atlanta Marriott Marquis, I was not familiar with your game.

A visit to the Australia zoo 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-18T03:15:43Z

A visit to the Australia zoo 🇦🇺

Philadelphia has some seriously underrated architecture 🇺🇸 ...

2026-10-17T22:00:18Z

Philadelphia has some seriously underrated architecture 🇺🇸

Big personal news. I have finally become an Italian citizen ...

2026-10-17T16:18:33Z

Big personal news.

I have finally become an Italian citizen 🇮🇹!!

After 4 years of waiting 😂

The Gymnase Jules Ladoumègue, designed by Jean Peccoux in the ...

2026-10-17T09:20:09Z

The Gymnase Jules Ladoumègue, designed by Jean Peccoux in the 1960s.

My kind of cocktail bar ...

2026-10-17T02:56:31Z

My kind of cocktail bar

A day in Montville 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-16T21:00:39Z

A day in Montville 🇦🇺

Photos I took in the oldest rainforest in world. This is the ...

2026-10-16T16:45:30Z

Photos I took in the oldest rainforest in world.

This is the Daintree Rainforest in North Eastern Australia 🇦🇺

Not every day you go to a museum and see a real British Spitfire ...

2026-10-16T10:45:31Z

Not every day you go to a museum and see a real British Spitfire and Japanese Zero.

There is something unsettling about brutalist churches. ...

2026-10-16T05:00:24Z

There is something unsettling about brutalist churches.

Port Douglas 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-15T23:30:46Z

Port Douglas 🇦🇺

What a walk in Noosa looks like 🇦🇺 ...

2026-10-15T18:15:37Z

What a walk in Noosa looks like 🇦🇺

Vomero in Napoli 🇮🇹 One of Naples’ nicest and most ...

2026-10-15T12:30:23Z

Vomero in Napoli 🇮🇹

One of Naples’ nicest and most affluent residential neighbourhoods, Vomero offers a more bourgeois and orderly side of the city.

Perched high on a hill, it also has panoramic views over the city and the bay.

The key to living to 100 years old. ...

2026-10-15T07:30:13Z

The key to living to 100 years old.

The fruit shaped bus stops of Isahaya 🇯🇵 ...

2026-10-15T02:45:22Z

The fruit shaped bus stops of Isahaya 🇯🇵

Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿 First settled by Māori, Auckland ...

2026-10-14T21:30:47Z

Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

First settled by Māori, Auckland was chosen as the capital of the new British colony in 1840 because of its strategic location between two major harbours.

It remained New Zealand’s capital until 1865, when the government moved to Wellington.

Did you know you can buy a Napoleonic era fort in Wales for £3M? ...

2026-10-14T17:00:22Z

Did you know you can buy a Napoleonic era fort in Wales for £3M?