For a Few Hundred Yen, You Can Still Ride the Last Tram in Tokyo
When Tokyo tore up 181 kilometres of track in the late 60s and early 70s in the name of progress, one 12-kilometre line refused to disappear. The Toden, or Tokyo…
The Height War: A French Cathedral Road Trip
In the mid-1100s, something happened in Northern France that went completely against the grain of cathedral architecture. All of a sudden, gone were the…
Visit the Hidden Room Under a Florence Church Where Michelangelo Hid – and Sketched
Directly beneath the New Sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, the mausoleum Michelangelo designed for the Medici family, there is a room that has held several…
There's a Secret River Running Beneath Siena, and You Can Actually Walk Through It
Deep below Italy’s infamous medieval city, away from the stamping hooves of the Palio, twenty-five kilometres of hand-carved medieval tunnels still channel…