The Compendium of Curious Destinations is your guide to the world’s most fascinating, strange, and historically rich places. From the well-known to the wonderfully obscure, this is where travel meets curiosity and the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Compendium of Curious Destinations
There is a lot to see in Cairo, from Coptic Churches, Citadels, and old mosques to the Khan el-Khalili bazaar and the historic Egyptian Museum. However, one site that is sure to be on every traveller’s itinerary is the Giza Plateau and the Pyramids that emerge from those sands.
Compendium of Curious Destinations
It’s been nearly 17 years since I was last in Dubai. As you can imagine, a lot has changed in that time. When I first visited, the skyline was littered with high tower cranes. These many years later, the skyline is dominated by the finished products of what those
Compendium of Curious Destinations
Tucked away in the quiet town of Bowmanville, Ontario, lies a place most people drive past without a second thought. Hidden behind overgrown trees and rusting fences lies a site that once held the attention of wartime Canada and the enemy it captured. Known as Camp 30, this former prisoner-of-war