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Fresh advances in 3D scanning technology are making it possible to explore some of the hardest-to-reach and most fragile ...

Enduring architecture and monumental landmarks meet innovative museums and forward-thinking gastronomy in Kaunas, a ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

With a bounty of film sets, underwater adventures, coastal cuisine and more to explore, here’s how to discover the best of the Maltese islands this year.

Lots of people get credit for inventing the gooey campfire treat. But a woman named Cookie—yes, Cookie—made it into a ...

Travel to the Indian Ocean to discover Tanzania's lush, history-rich islands, each with their own unique magic and ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The wreck sleeps ... rex at a natural history museum: impossibly huge, pinned and braced at great expense—an extinct ...

A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for ...

Relics of war still linger in this German city but the Saxon capital is defined by a defiant spirit of renewal, with a ...

See another side of the Balearic Islands with a trip to Ibiza’s whitewashed capital, where winding streets lead to remnants of empires past.