Kelly Hoerner is a Co-Founder and COO of Histoury Inc.
You have spent months planning your trip to Italy. You have booked flights, reserved hotels, and mapped out your days at the Colosseum, Pompeii, and Herculaneum. But when you finally stand in front of those ancient stones, you see only ruins. What if your phone could show you… Read More »Why Portyl Is the Best Travel App for Italy in 2026
Pompeii was not supposed to become immortal. It was supposed to be another busy Roman city by the Bay of Naples, call it the “Roman Hamptons”. Affluent Romans owned luxurious vacation villas and second homes in Pompeii to relax, and it was also a bustling port as well… Read More »Pompeii: Ancient Rome’s Famous Bad Day
Before Formula 1. Before NASCAR. Before Monster Trucks and Fast & Furious 27, there was Circus Maximus; ancient Rome’s ultimate venue for horsepower, hysteria, and high-speed drama. Located in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine Hills, this enormous stadium could fit nearly a quarter of the city’s… Read More »Circus Maximus: Rome’s Original Thunderdome
Jun 23, 2025 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Histoury Launches New Travel App Portyl, Bringing Ancient Ruins to Life With Immersive AR Turn your phone into a time machine with stunning 3D reconstructions of historic sites, geospatial precision, and AI-guided tours in 60+ languages DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Histoury® Inc., the… Read More »Portyl Launch Press Release
Let’s face it — the moment you step into the area and catch your first glimpse of the Colosseum, you feel it. That sudden jolt of “Oh wow, this is real.” Towering over tourists, selfie sticks, and semi-convincing centurion impersonators is one of the most iconic structures in… Read More »The Colosseum District: Blood, Glory, and Glorious Chaos.
In a city bursting at the seams with ancient wonders, few landmarks manage to stop visitors dead in their tracks quite like The Pantheon. It’s bold, it’s beautiful, it’s got a hole in the ceiling, and it’s been standing for nearly 2,000 years without a single architect saying,… Read More »The Pantheon: Rome’s Eternal Show-Off
In the eternal city of Rome, where layers of time sit stacked like lasagna, there’s a spot on Piazza di Pietra that manages to be both grand and low-key, ancient and modern, imperial and…financial? Welcome to Hadrian’s Temple, a place where marble columns whisper tales of gods, emperors,… Read More »Hadrian’s Temple: Where a Deified Emperor Meets the Stock Exchange
If ancient Rome were a high school, Trajan’s Forum would be the glitzy new student who strolled in late, instantly stealing the spotlight. This grand masterpiece wasn’t just the last of Rome’s imperial forums; it was the biggest and boldest, designed to overwhelm and cement Trajan’s legacy in… Read More »Trajan’s Forum: Rome’s Most Epic Mic Drop
Imagine a place where time stopped, literally froze, nearly two thousand years ago. Streets halted mid-bustle, furniture left mid-meal, skeletons locked forever in a final moment of hope or horror. Sounds like science fiction, right? But welcome to Herculaneum, the forgotten cousin of Pompeii and one of the… Read More »Herculaneum: The Ancient City That Hit the “Pause” Button for 2,000 Years
Hidden in the noisy, lively heart of Rome, just a stone’s throw from the buzzing Pantheon scene, lies a place where history layers itself thickly under modern chaos: the Largo di Torre Argentina. To the untrained eye, it might just seem like a curious open-air ruin fenced off… Read More »The Secret Life of Largo Argentina: Murder, Mystery, and Cats
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