A quick study of this cramped historical accident can make even your hole-in-the-wall apartment seem grand.

One of the world’s most vertical cities, Dubai’s astonishing stature can hardly be concealed by Mother Nature herself.

Forged by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, St. Petersburg served to westernize Russia’s “face” to the rest of the world. The trade-heavy Rusky city maintained its title as the Imperial capital of Russia until 1918, when, following the Bolshevik revolution, central government bodies made the move to Moscow.