Colonialism

An Asante king spent four years in exile in a house on this very spot.

The largest Spanish artifact built in the Philippines and one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world.

This mosque was built overnight as an act of defiance against the British colonial authorities.

An attack on this gunpowder depot led to the start of the Philippine Revolution.

The only remaining section of an aqueduct that used to supply water to Manila during the Spanish occupation.

This elaborate banquet hall in Queen Victoria's summer residence is an homage to Indian architecture, including miniature models of palaces in India.

Just a few graves remain in this neighborhood that was once a cemetery for foreigners.

A time capsule from 1934 Rhodesia, showing the grace and disgrace of a bygone era.

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

These post boxes from a bygone era have been the source of controversy and debate.

This former Portuguese defensive fort atop a hill was occupied for thousands of years.

The only surviving relic of the abandoned Dominican convent.

On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.