History

20th Century

In 1959, at the height of the cold war, the Americans set up a military base in the far north of Greenland. 

From the frontiers of the Roman Empire to the European Schengen area, a fascinating trip through the origins of borders.

A technical feat and the pride of Ukraine, this is the story of a giant of aviation history, the Antonov AN-225 Mriya.

When Italy capitulated in 1943, some soldiers from the German Wehrmacht also changed sides and joined the Italians.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

A small island in the Rio de la Plata is shared by Argentina and Uruguay. But why does this binational island have two different names?

How did a Belgian cycle lane come to exist within Germany?

Why did French President Jacques Chirac chase Israeli police from a church in Jerusalem? 

Welcome to the Hotel Arbez, it’s a lovely place straddling the Franco-Swiss border.

An Emirati village surrounded by an Omani enclave was mapped out at time when water was more valuable than oil.