Some countries disappeared. We go find them.

Extinguished Countries is a series of travel guides dedicated to states that no longer exist — because what unites us matters more than what divides us.

We believe borders are temporary. The culture, food, architecture and languages that empires leave behind are not. Extinguished Countries explores what remains — and why it still matters today.

Our guidebooks

Republic of Venice cover English

Republic of Venice

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Habsburg Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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