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Got a trip to South Africa coming up and not sure what to tick off your list? Here are 10 things you can't miss.
The Long Island Children's Museum, named 2025 Best Theatre Arts Center on Long Island, is putting on “Elephant and Piggie: We Are In a Play!" ...
Formerly the residence of Nelson Mandela after he was released from Robben Island prison, this intimate hotel has only nine rooms, each designed to reflect a part of Mandela's life story.
Deep within Avery Island, Joey Brown reigns over an oasis. Having lived there for 13 years, she has absorbed the history, mystery and charm of the place where Tabasco is made. Her husband, Alfred ...
How to Apply: Click here to apply for Robben Island Museum Female Ex-Political Prisoner Research Assistant Programme 2025: Email your CV, a copy of your ID, and contactable references to: ...
Life at sea was “like being in prison, with a chance of drowning”, 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson reckoned. Conditions today, as they say, are much improved. This year, an ...
In June of 1880, Glen Island, one of the first theme parks in the country, opened its gates to members of the press. Founded by politician John Starin, the park was designed with the goal of ...
Welcome to our family travel channel. We are Aliya (mom), Azhar (dad), Khizar (big brother), and Eesa (little brother) from Long Island, NY. Our goal is to visit 5 countries every year + all 50 ...
The notion that the island prison is truly escape-proof is a key part of President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen it more than 60 years after the Bureau of Prisons closed it for being too ...
For the nature lovers, an estimated 2,200 spcies of plants are confined to Table Mountain - more than exist in the whole of the UK. In Table Bay, six miles from the city is Robben Island.
In 1981, Alcatraz Island was one of 14 sites evaluated as the Reagan Administration searched for a location to hold 10,000 to 20,000 Cuban detainees during the Mariel Boatlift.
Al Capone, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly, James 'Whitey' Bulger, and the 'Birdman of Alcatraz' were among the San Francisco prison's most infamous inmates before it closed in 1963 because of high costs ...