Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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This village is an enclave inside an enclave, inside another country
On the map of the Arabian Peninsula, a tiny red dot has caught the attention of geographers around the world for decades.
Samoa flat-out erased an entire day from its calendar in 2011
There is a country where a specific date on the modern calendar simply never took place. December 30, 2011 does not exist
Kiribati redrew the international date line to see the sun first
Few people could point to Kiribati on a map, and that is entirely understandable: this island nation in the Pacific is home
Derinkuyu, the Underground Turkish City That Housed 20,000 People
The Cappadocia region owes its highly distinctive landscape to intense volcanic activity dating back several million years, which blanketed the terrain in
Sealand, the Former Military Platform Turned Micronation
Officially designated Roughs Tower at the time of its construction, this platform was part of a larger network of sea forts built
Point Nemo Is So Remote the ISS Is Sometimes Its Closest Neighbor
Somewhere in the deep waters of the South Pacific, there exists a spot so isolated that no human being has ever lived
Liechtenstein Is Doubly Landlocked, a Unique Case in the World
Perched between Switzerland and Austria, the Principality of Liechtenstein ranks among the smallest sovereign states in the world, with a total area
Kowloon Was the Most Densely Populated City in All of Human History
Few places on Earth have ever packed as many human lives into as small a space as the Kowloon Walled City, that
Costa Rica Abolished Its Army in 1948 and Never Needed One Again
Among the most radical and enduring political decisions of the twentieth century in Latin America, Costa Rica's stands apart. In 1948, this