During its 500 years, officials forbade the public from entering. – Mier W. Wang You’re standing inside one of the world’s most visited tourist attractions. Designed on a strictly symmetrical north-south axis, construction for the massive 178-acre site employed more than a million laborers and took 15 years to complete. A former royal residence, this … More Where are you now?
Free speech isn’t just about speaking. It’s also about listening. – Tim Cook You’re standing at the site of the world’s oldest, public, internationally recognized, open-air, free speech platform. Once the site of gallows, for nearly six centuries more than 50,000 were given the right to utter a final, unedited speech here before they were … More Where are you now?
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it. – Oscar Wilde You’re standing inside a church in a city that was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogoth Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire. Today, this little-known town has eight UNESCO World Heritage sites featuring the best Byzantine art outside … More Where are you now?
I would rather own little and see the world than own the world and see little of it. – Madhu Shetty You’re standing amid the ruins of an ancient fortress where an important battle was fought in 1536. The site, high atop a hill, overlooks a former capital founded in the 13th century. Though the … More Where are you now?
See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream. – Ray Bradbury Known for the date they were first sighted by European explorers, this chain of 74 mostly uninhabited islands was named for a holiday celebrating the start of summer and the traditional wearing of white. But christened more than a century before the international … More Where are you now?
Feel the history beneath your feet. – Anonymous You’re standing in the largest medieval square in Europe, host to one of the Continent’s biggest Christmas markets. After Mongols destroyed the city in the 13th century, a new plaza covering 9½ acres was built at the intersection of ancient trade routes with a central market surrounded … More Where are you now?
One understandably believes oneself, as if rapt to heaven, to enter one of the chambers in Paradise. – Author’s name withheld You’re standing inside a royal chapel surrounded by one of the most extensive collections of 13th century stained glass anywhere in the world. As you turn 360 degrees and see light streaming in through … More Where are you now?
And now for something completely different. – Monty Python In addition to our story, Robie and I hope to keep you amused and engaged through entertaining posts like this version of Where are you now? Sometime in the mid-1990s, Condé Nast Traveler magazine began imitating Playboy by publishing centerfold pictures that were pretty enough to … More Where are you now?
