Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
On May 10, 1869, the last spike of the transcontinental railroad - an official golden one - is set into the tie at Promontory, Utah. Meanwhile, Nativ...
The movie character Alex, from "Alex and Emma," is based on the famous 19th century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Cold Mountain is a peak in Pisgah National Forest; people who live there during the Civil War sing in the Shape-Note tradition which continues today.
The real D'Artagnan is Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, a French man born between 1610-1620.
The character of Dracula is based on a Romanian price named Vlad Dracul, meaning Son of the Dragon, or Devil.
Anna Snitkina helps Dostoevsky complete his work and begins a relationship with him.
After Somalia, US soldiers receive better training. See photos and stories about the soldiers who fought and died in Somalia.
Beatrix has a Belgian buck rabbit, Peter Piper, upon which she bases the fictional Peter Rabbit.
Jailed for shooting their lovers, Beulah Annan (Roxie Hart) and Belva Guertner (Velma Kelly) pose for press photos.
When the movie is made in the US, it causes friction with the British because it was a British, not an American, crew that retrieved the Enigma machin...
Belva Guertner is acquitted a month after Beulah.
E.B. White's real-life saltwater farm in Maine is the basis of the Zuckerman Farm in "Charlotte's Web."
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