Cities & Wonders Course

Wonders, Cities & Megastructures — 22 Lessons

A tour of beautiful cities, soulful capitals, giant building projects and the transport routes and chokepoints that keep the world connected — explained simply for every age.

1 Short

Your Beautiful City Boros — Part 1

A first walk through Boros and what makes a city feel beautiful.

2 Short

Your Beautiful City Boros — Part 2

Streets, squares and the everyday life of a well-designed town.

3 Short

Your Beautiful City Boros — Part 3

Parks, rivers and how nature is woven into a city.

4 Short

Your Beautiful City Boros — Part 4

Housing, neighbourhoods and how people actually live in a city.

5 Short

Your Beautiful City Boros — Part 5

The final tour: lessons any town can borrow from Boros.

6 Short

Victoria — A Soulful Capital City of BC, Canada

Meet Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, and why it charms visitors.

7 Short

Victoria the Soulful Capital of BC — Part 2

Harbour life, heritage buildings and the city's famous gardens.

8 Short

Victoria the Soulful Capital of BC — Part 3

Getting around, island living and the pace of a small capital.

9 Short

Victoria the Soulful Capital of BC — Part 4

What a small capital teaches us about liveable cities.

10 Short

Unique, Unified, Majestic Canada

A whole-country tour: size, regions and natural wonders.

11 Short

Ontario — The Most Important Province of Canada

Why Ontario is Canada's population and business heartland.

12 Short

Ontario Contributes 40% to the Canadian Economy

How one province can carry so much of a national economy.

13 Short

Ontario Excels Above All Other Provinces

Industry, education and infrastructure that set Ontario apart.

14 Short

Canada's Transportation System as a Whole

Rail, road, air and sea across the world's second-largest country.

15 Short

Canada's Mighty Aircraft Industry

Building aeroplanes: an engineering megastructure of its own.

16 Short

China's Secret Superpower: Building Mega Projects Fast

How China builds bridges, railways and skyscrapers at record speed.

17 Short

World's Most Powerful Passport 2026

What passport rankings measure and why they change each year.

18 Short

Strait of Hormuz — The Most Important Trade Route

A narrow sea gate that much of the world's oil must pass through.

19 Short

Why Some Sea Routes Are Called Chokepoints

The idea of a chokepoint and why narrow water matters so much.

20 Short

Know All the Chokepoints in the World

Suez, Panama, Malacca and the other gateways of global trade.

21 Short

Desalination Plants — Lifeline of Gulf Cities

Turning seawater into drinking water for cities in the desert.

22 Short

The Arctic Circle — Frontier of the Planet

Ice, new shipping routes and why the far north now matters.

Wonders, Cities & Megastructures Certificate

Finish all 22 wonders lessons and pass the wonders exam with 70% or higher to earn your own Wonders, Cities & Megastructures certificate.

Take the Wonders Exam