A future built on the past

A future built on the past

Port House designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, Antwerp, Belgium (© Dmitry Rukhlenko/Alamy)

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Today in History

Oct. 3, 2023Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Australia
Oct. 3, 2024Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Oct. 3, 2025Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland

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Sep. 26, 2025Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana, United States
‘Only one Earth’
Jan. 26, 2025European beech forest, Belgium
Where did you drop the fish, son?
A cantilevered window to the past
Jan. 21, 2024Eurasian red squirrel, Netherlands
The ‘eighth wonder?’
May 7, 2025Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
The most active volcano in the world
Wait, mountain—you shall bear my castle!
Let there be lights!
Nov. 24, 2023Green Friday
Single file, now!
The lungs of Earth
Jul. 26, 2025International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
Aug. 29, 2024Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
Sep. 2, 2024Milky Way over the Elbow River in southern Alberta
Nov. 11, 2024Banff National Park, Alberta
Jun. 2, 2025Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
Oct. 1, 2024Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Apr. 23, 2025Shakespeare Day
Jun. 25, 2024Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Stairway to heaven?
Feb. 9, 2025Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah, United States
Oct. 10, 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado
Nov. 26, 2025World Olive Tree Day
Bright blue lakes and rugged mountains
Dec. 30, 2024Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Nature’s blue wonder
Oct. 27, 2025Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia