Cultural Heritage
Who gets to tell the stories behind a destination? World Footprints explores Indigenous tourism with consultant Anna Barrera, examining Native American cultural heritage and tourism opportunities beyond gaming. Then author Bijan Bayne takes us to Istanbul, Turkey, where centuries of Byzantine and Ottoman influences have created a city rich in history and cultural traditions.
If you visit Athens, you’ll more than likely stroll through Psirri, one of the oldest districts of this City of Antiquities. The once-edgy neighborhood took its name from the Psirri family, who purchased many plots of land after moving there during the Turkish occupation from Psara, a small island in the northern Aegean Sea.
Ever wish you could return to your teen years when you discovered nature at a scout camp? Well, you can at Camp Chowenwaw County Park in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Camp Chowenwaw County Park was Florida’s first Girl Scout Camp.
World Footprints heads to WTM London 2026 as accredited media, connecting with tourism boards, DMOs, agencies and travel brands interested in U.S. exposure, destination storytelling and media partnerships.
If you enjoyed reading as a child, you’ll recognize Prince Edward Island as the backdrop of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables. If you gravitate toward romances as an adult, however, you may also know the island as the dreamy setting of Carley Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different.
As The Amazing Race celebrates 25 years, revisit our conversation with host Phil Keoghan about travel, taking chances and his No Opportunity Wasted philosophy. This World Footprints episode also features Raw Travel host Robert Rose, Dominica tourism leader Colin Piper and The Great Human Race co-host Cat Bigney.
Walk in the footsteps of Elizabeth I at the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Hatfield’s Old Palace, Kenilworth Castle and Bath Abbey.
How history, religion, urban life and local customs shape pet culture around the world—and what travelers should know before bringing pets abroad.
Follow World Footprints from Norfolk's waterways through Gettysburg and Lewiston to the historic Black settlement of Buxton, Ontario. Historians and descendants reveal stories of resistance, freedom and community—and a family connection Tonya Fitzpatrick would not discover until years after the original interview.
Japan’s samurai castles reveal far more than military history. Their original keeps, reconstructions and ongoing restorations tell a larger story about power, architecture and preservation.
More than two decades after September 11, the memorials in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia preserve the individual stories, sacrifice and courage behind a day that changed America and the world.
Survivors of the World Trade Center and Pentagon, military responders, journalists and others recall where they were, what they experienced and how September 11, 2001 changed their lives.
