A world worth discovering
Follow your curiosity.
From a familiar skyline to a place you have never heard of: explore illustrated landmarks, landscapes and the stories behind them.
1,355 illustrated discoveries across 240 countries and territories. Read a story here, then find its place on the interactive globe.
Somewhere to begin
Great engineering, unexpected histories and places shaped by people.
architecture
Sydney Opera House
White shell roofs rise over a broad harbour-side podium at Bennelong Point.
migration
Aapravasi Ghat
A small waterfront site carries the history of journeys that reshaped Mauritius.
architecture
Colonia del Sacramento Historic Quarter
Follow cobbled streets that bend with a river peninsula.
Countries and territories
Each guide brings together local discoveries, original illustrations and links to their sources.
A
- AfghanistanSouthern Asia · 5 discoveries
- Åland IslandsNorthern Europe · 3 discoveries
- AlbaniaSoutheast Europe · 5 discoveries
- AlgeriaNorthern Africa · 6 discoveries
- American SamoaPolynesia · 3 discoveries
- AndorraSouthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- AngolaMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- AnguillaCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- Antigua and BarbudaCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- ArgentinaSouth America · 12 discoveries
- ArmeniaWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
- ArubaCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- AustraliaAustralia and New Zealand · 12 discoveries
- AustriaCentral Europe · 5 discoveries
- AzerbaijanWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
B
- BahamasCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- BahrainWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
- BangladeshSouthern Asia · 5 discoveries
- BarbadosCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- BelarusEastern Europe · 6 discoveries
- BelgiumWestern Europe · 5 discoveries
- BelizeCentral America · 5 discoveries
- BeninWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- BermudaNorth America · 3 discoveries
- BhutanSouthern Asia · 6 discoveries
- BoliviaSouth America · 6 discoveries
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaSoutheast Europe · 5 discoveries
- BotswanaSouthern Africa · 5 discoveries
- BrazilSouth America · 12 discoveries
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEastern Africa · 3 discoveries
- British Virgin IslandsCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- BruneiSouth-Eastern Asia · 6 discoveries
- BulgariaSoutheast Europe · 5 discoveries
- Burkina FasoWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- BurundiEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
C
- CambodiaSouth-Eastern Asia · 13 discoveries
- CameroonMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- CanadaNorth America · 12 discoveries
- Cape VerdeWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- Cayman IslandsCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- Central African RepublicMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- ChadMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- ChileSouth America · 12 discoveries
- ChinaEastern Asia · 12 discoveries
- ColombiaSouth America · 5 discoveries
- ComorosEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- CongoMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- Cook IslandsPolynesia · 3 discoveries
- Costa RicaCentral America · 5 discoveries
- CroatiaSoutheast Europe · 5 discoveries
- CubaCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- CuraçaoCaribbean · 4 discoveries
- CyprusSouthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- CzechiaCentral Europe · 5 discoveries
D
E
- EcuadorSouth America · 5 discoveries
- EgyptNorthern Africa · 12 discoveries
- El SalvadorCentral America · 5 discoveries
- EnglandNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- Equatorial GuineaMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- EritreaEastern Africa · 6 discoveries
- EstoniaNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- EswatiniSouthern Africa · 5 discoveries
- EthiopiaEastern Africa · 6 discoveries
F
G
- GabonMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- GambiaWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- GeorgiaWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
- GermanyWestern Europe · 12 discoveries
- GhanaWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- GibraltarSouthern Europe · 3 discoveries
- GreeceSouthern Europe · 12 discoveries
- GreenlandNorth America · 3 discoveries
- GrenadaCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- GuamMicronesia · 4 discoveries
- GuatemalaCentral America · 6 discoveries
- GuernseyNorthern Europe · 3 discoveries
- GuineaWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- Guinea-BissauWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- GuyanaSouth America · 5 discoveries
H
I
- IcelandNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- IndiaSouthern Asia · 12 discoveries
- IndonesiaSouth-Eastern Asia · 12 discoveries
- IranSouthern Asia · 12 discoveries
- IraqWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
- Isle of ManNorthern Europe · 3 discoveries
- IsraelWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
- ItalySouthern Europe · 12 discoveries
- Ivory CoastWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
J
K
L
- LaosSouth-Eastern Asia · 5 discoveries
- LatviaNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- LebanonWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
- LesothoSouthern Africa · 5 discoveries
- LiberiaWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- LibyaNorthern Africa · 6 discoveries
- LiechtensteinWestern Europe · 5 discoveries
- LithuaniaNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- LuxembourgWestern Europe · 5 discoveries
M
- MadagascarEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- MalawiEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- MalaysiaSouth-Eastern Asia · 5 discoveries
- MaldivesSouthern Asia · 5 discoveries
- MaliWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- MaltaSouthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- Marshall IslandsMicronesia · 5 discoveries
- MauritaniaWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- MauritiusEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- MexicoNorth America · 14 discoveries
- MicronesiaMicronesia · 5 discoveries
- MoldovaEastern Europe · 5 discoveries
- MonacoWestern Europe · 5 discoveries
- MongoliaEastern Asia · 5 discoveries
- MontenegroSoutheast Europe · 5 discoveries
- MontserratCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- MoroccoNorthern Africa · 12 discoveries
- MozambiqueEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- MyanmarSouth-Eastern Asia · 5 discoveries
N
- NamibiaSouthern Africa · 5 discoveries
- NauruMicronesia · 5 discoveries
- NepalSouthern Asia · 6 discoveries
- NetherlandsWestern Europe · 5 discoveries
- New CaledoniaMelanesia · 3 discoveries
- New ZealandAustralia and New Zealand · 12 discoveries
- NicaraguaCentral America · 5 discoveries
- NigerWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- NigeriaWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- NiuePolynesia · 3 discoveries
- Norfolk IslandAustralia and New Zealand · 3 discoveries
- North KoreaEastern Asia · 5 discoveries
- North MacedoniaSoutheast Europe · 6 discoveries
- North PoleArctic · 3 discoveries
- Northern IrelandNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- Northern Mariana IslandsMicronesia · 3 discoveries
- NorwayNorthern Europe · 6 discoveries
O
P
- PakistanSouthern Asia · 5 discoveries
- PalauMicronesia · 5 discoveries
- PalestineWestern Asia · 3 discoveries
- PanamaCentral America · 5 discoveries
- Papua New GuineaMelanesia · 5 discoveries
- ParaguaySouth America · 5 discoveries
- PeruSouth America · 13 discoveries
- PhilippinesSouth-Eastern Asia · 5 discoveries
- Pitcairn IslandsPolynesia · 3 discoveries
- PolandCentral Europe · 5 discoveries
- PortugalSouthern Europe · 13 discoveries
- Puerto RicoCaribbean · 3 discoveries
Q
R
S
- Saint BarthélemyCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaWestern Africa · 3 discoveries
- Saint Kitts and NevisCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- Saint LuciaCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- Saint MartinCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorth America · 3 discoveries
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- SamoaPolynesia · 6 discoveries
- San MarinoSouthern Europe · 6 discoveries
- São Tomé and PríncipeMiddle Africa · 6 discoveries
- Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia · 6 discoveries
- ScotlandNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- SenegalWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- SerbiaSoutheast Europe · 6 discoveries
- SeychellesEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- Sierra LeoneWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- SingaporeSouth-Eastern Asia · 6 discoveries
- Sint MaartenCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- SlovakiaCentral Europe · 5 discoveries
- SloveniaCentral Europe · 6 discoveries
- Solomon IslandsMelanesia · 5 discoveries
- SomaliaEastern Africa · 5 discoveries
- South AfricaSouthern Africa · 12 discoveries
- South GeorgiaAntarctic · 3 discoveries
- South KoreaEastern Asia · 12 discoveries
- South PoleAntarctica · 3 discoveries
- South SudanMiddle Africa · 5 discoveries
- SpainSouthern Europe · 12 discoveries
- Sri LankaSouthern Asia · 6 discoveries
- SudanNorthern Africa · 6 discoveries
- SurinameSouth America · 5 discoveries
- SwedenNorthern Europe · 5 discoveries
- SwitzerlandWestern Europe · 5 discoveries
- SyriaWestern Asia · 5 discoveries
T
- TaiwanEastern Asia · 4 discoveries
- TajikistanCentral Asia · 5 discoveries
- TanzaniaEastern Africa · 6 discoveries
- ThailandSouth-Eastern Asia · 12 discoveries
- Timor-LesteSouth-Eastern Asia · 5 discoveries
- TogoWestern Africa · 5 discoveries
- TongaPolynesia · 5 discoveries
- Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean · 5 discoveries
- TunisiaNorthern Africa · 7 discoveries
- TürkiyeWestern Asia · 12 discoveries
- TurkmenistanCentral Asia · 6 discoveries
- Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbean · 3 discoveries
- TuvaluPolynesia · 5 discoveries





