Still standing tall after such trauma, Notre Dame manages to bring people together in the best way possible. In our second part on the Great Dame we’ll discover the intricacies of its exterior and how the place is being put back together to meet a rather tight deadline.

Notre Dame de Paris
Friends of Notre Dame de Paris
Hunchback of Notre Dame

If you want to see more links, images and references then you can’t go past the Destination: History website.

Music: Tegan Finlay

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A monument and place of faith that means a lot to a lot of people both in France and around the world. Notre Dame has been through a lot and still stands tall. With this first in a two-parter we’ll discover how Notre Dame came to be and just what’s going on in the inside.

Notre Dame de Paris
Friends of Notre Dame de Paris
Hunchback of Notre Dame

If you want to see more links, images and references then you can’t go past the Destination: History website.

Music: Tegan Finlay

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After a short leave of absence, Destination: History is back exploring exciting and fascinating places.

First destination back airs next week, keep your earlobes peeled!

For links, images, references and more, don’t forget to check out the newly designed Destination: History website.

Music: Tegan Finlay

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Henry Morgan was your typical pirate, swashbuckling and drowning in treasure. What did he do while he was a pirate? And what did he do after he stopped being a pirate? Let’s find out.

Want to read some more about the pirate Henry Morgan? Bookshop.org has you covered. For the UK | For the US

Want to see some visuals of Henry Morgan? Check out the YouTube playlist for some videos that go in depth.

Don’t forget to check out the Destination: History website where you can find all this and more!

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Ever wanted to visit a pirate city? What about an underwater one? Port Royal was a pretty big pirate town in its day, but a natural disaster was its undoing.

Check out some of the awesome books for youngsters, over at Gnome Road Publishing. And thanks to them for suggesting an underwater destination.

Want to read some more about Port Royal? Bookshop.org has you covered. For the UK | For the US

Want to see some visuals of Port Royal? Check out the YouTube playlist for some videos that go in depth.

Want to hear some more podcasts on Pirates? Then check out the Pirate History Podcast.

Don’t forget to check out the Destination: History website where you can find all this and more!

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Come along as we find out why the Berlin Wall was built in the first place, what it took to bring it down, and the reason so many attempted to get to the other side.

The Berlin Wall Memorial

Want to read some more about the Berlin Wall?
Bookshop.org has you covered.
For the UK | For the US
(There’s some great stuff in there for kids and teenagers as well).

This episode was researched and co-written by Nick Alexander.

Want to see some visuals of the Berlin Wall?
Check out the Youtube playlist for some videos that go in depth.

Don’t forget to check out the Destination: History website where you can find all this and more!

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Travelling through the Scottish highlands by train, what could be more magnificent? Travelling over an engineering marvel in a bespoke train could do it.

Glenfinnan Visitor Centre
Belmond Royal Scotsman | Itineraries
Jacobite Steam Train

Battle of Culloden episode

Check out the Destination: History website for images and links to more cool things.

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This episode we find ourselves in Norway looking at some pretty awesome archaeological finds, that for a couple years are no longer available to the public. So sit down and prepare your ears because we’re going in.

Viking Ship Museum
Museum of the Viking Age
Objects found with the Oseberg Ship

If you want to see more links, images and references then you can’t go past the Destination: History website.

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A chateau that looks like a medieval castle, functions as a hunting lodge and supposedly is so grand it could rival Versailles? Chambord is so much more!

If you want to visit yourself then you want to check out the Chateau website.

This image shows how the double helix stairs work.
This video gives you an idea how you walk the stairs without meeting someone coming the other way.

History Hit Podcasts

For more interesting stuff about the Chateau then look no further than the Destination: History website.

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We digress from The Battle of Culloden to discover the history of the kilt and how it went from the Swiss army knife of fabrics to a brightly coloured and patterned piece of clothing.

How to wear a belted plaid:
Andy the Highlander
Fandabi Dozi
Aye Tours Scotland

For more extras like images, videos and references then check out the Destination: History website

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