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Our Unique World

In search of a Dutch homeland

By Deborah Nicholls-Lee

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Hidden Britain

A UK community that refuses to conform

By Jade Braham
Salvador: Brazil's unsung 'capital of happiness' (Credit: Jeremy Graham/Alamy)
Culture & Identity

Brazil's unsung 'capital of happiness'

By Kate Schoenbach
How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US (Credit: ClassicStock/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The railway that forever changed the US

By Ellen Lee
Barbara Johns: The US' forgotten civil rights hero (Credit: Randy Duchaine/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The black teen who ousted a Confederate

By Larry Bleiberg
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Lost in Translation

The city that loves to be rude

By Joe Baur
The US' 2,000-year-old mystery mounds (Credit: Ohio History Connection)
Rediscovering America

The US' 2,000-year-old mystery mounds

By Brandon Withrow
Renderings from an 1883 Harper's Weekly story paint a vivid picture of this early Filipino settlement (Credit: Alpha Stock/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The first Asian settlement in the US

By Stephanie Jane Carter
A museum 2,300 years in the making (Credit: Bonnie Cameron/Getty Images)
Rediscovering America

A former slavery port faces its history

By Tracey Teo
Kanaye Nagasawa: The samurai who forever changed California (Credit: Ed Reschke/Getty Images)
Rediscovering America

How a samurai forever shaped California

By Melanie Haiken
The Greek Island homes hidden from pirates (Credit: Percy Ryall/Alamy)
Heritage Architecture

The clever homes hidden from pirates

By Luke Waterson
The Republic of Vevčani issues passports and currency as part of a bid to attract tourists (Credit: Richard Collett)
Places That Don't Belong

Europe's isolated, rebellious village

By Richard Collett
The pearly kings and queens: London's 'other' royal family (Credit: Nicole Cubbidge/Alamy)
Hidden Britain

London's 'other' royal family

By Ellie Howard
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is the US' newest national park (Credit: Gary Hartley/National Park Service)
Rediscovering America

A lost US town back in the spotlight

By Stephen Starr
The 58-room, newly built Hotel Lyra aims to improve the surrounding community (Credit: Hotel Lyra)
Culture & Identity

The hotel regenerating a village

By Debbie Rolls
Turf houses: Iceland's original 'green' buildings (Credit: Miroslav_1/Getty Images)
Heritage Architecture

Iceland's 1,000-year-old turf homes

By Luke Waterson