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Freetown Christiania was a 'social experiment' that lasted 50 years in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

At their peak, the Vanderbilts were akin to royalty. Today, their estates conceal hidden treasures.

In 1948, a famous artist and an innovative portrait photographer attempted to create something unbelievable.

Research shows the activity of 'retro-walking' can have surprising benefits for your physical health and brain.

Humans are growing taller around the world, but how tall could humans get in the future?

Watch as a T.rex and fully-grown Triceratops face off in a brutal stand-off that shakes the earth.

We ask US board-certified dermatologists Bruce Brod and Dee Anna Glaser to explain how lip balm works.

Why do we get hiccups and how can we get rid of them?

The only way to reach the village of Supai is by helicopter or on foot.

Photographer Dina Litovsky has been photographing the Amish 'Las Vegas' since 2018.

Shortlisted for the prestigious James Beard Award, Dept of Culture only has one table, and it's sold out.

Ocracoke Island in North Carolina has only been accessible by boat for centuries, creating its own unique brogue.

Discover a century of film at the Academy Museum, home to 52 million objects bringing cinematic history to life.

For twenty years, Shannon Taggart has been taking pictures of the world’s largest spiritualist community.

The utopian town built by 8,000 people in the high desert of Arizona.

Ghost towns are remnants of lost communities but also a testament to nature's persistence.

River dolphins in Mocajuba in Brazil are known to play with people without guarantee of reward.  

The discovery of the city's first basilica is seen as one of the most significant archaeological finds.

Tech Now is given rare access to the world's most advanced telescope with the largest digital camera ever built.

From Hitler's last shelter to an underground tunnel connecting eleven small houses in the German countryside.

The Scottish actor talks about filming for How to train your dragon.

These scavenger lizards have found a way to seek food in an urban metropolis like Bangkok.

The Travel Show visits the iconic Battersea Power Station for rare access to the historic London control room.

We explore how technology is reviving the renowned fiction writer's legacy.

The tale of one woman’s incredible journey by camel.

Bachkovo Monastery in the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria is one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries.

The enigmatic chambers of a spectacular bronze-age cave.

Reel takes you to Italy to explore how the world's rarest and most expensive ingredient ends up on our tables.

The hidden world of forgotten slate mines in north Wales has been revealed by a photographer.

Discreetly located in a sleepy Venetian square, Palazzo Fortuny surprises whomever ventures in.

Germany's suspension monorail is one of the closest modes of transport you'll get to a flying train.

Travel reporter Nick Kwek visits Malaysian Borneo to try the traditional Sabahan-style rice wine.

New research is leading historians to rethink Islay's Viking history.

The secret tunnel built by desperate citizens to save their besieged city.

Two urban explorers' stories of decay tell a tale of a changing American cultural landscape.

The voice recordings of the survivors from the SS Athenia recount the horror of the attack by Germany.

Georg P Salzmann made it his mission to save the books burnt by the Nazis.

Villa Epecuén was a small Argentinian town inundated by a lake in 1985, only to re-emerge again in 2010.

What do archaeologists say about the Philistines, who are depicted in the Bible as barbaric invaders?

During the Cold War, West Cork in Ireland was said to be the safest location following a nuclear attack.

Photographer Chloé Jafé spent six years documenting the life of women in the Japanese mafia.

The final 100 days of ancient Egypt's most astonishing ruler: Tutankhamun.

Hiding in a London cathedral is an intricate wooden mock-up of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece.

Where women rule: A look inside the last matriarchy in Europe.

What can out long love affair with dance teach us about ourselves?

Ancient Judean palm tree, a symbol of life and prosperity in biblical times, is resurrected after 2,000 years.

Her career took off after being spotted in the crowd by a cameraman at a football game.

Quantum physicist Merritt Moore explains how robot technology helped her new sequences of moves.

A Mexican community has found an unusual way to protect their coral reef.

The Kagami Numa is usually pretty ordinary looking, but visit at the right time and you might witness a phenomenon which transforms the lake into what looks like a giant eye.

What does the future hold for the next generation of people who live in the Amazon?

Can blue zones tell us the secret to a long and healthy life?

The gap in our knowledge of great white sharks may have just been narrowed thanks to a YouTuber.

A lab in Norway is working on a new method to make antibiotics by training bacteria to eat seaweed.

While her three offspring take a leisurely bath, this Bengal tiger mother must find food for the entire family.

The floating houses built to withstand typhoons and flooding in the Philippines.