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.
Mikael Blomkvist, one of Stieg Larsson's main characters in the Millenium Trilogy, was a rifleman in Kiruna during his time of national service.
This historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...
This historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...
The Imperial Valley, in southeastern California, is one of the fastest-growing regions of the State.
During the 1930s, Dorothea Lange photographed ditch-bank housing - homes in which migrant farm workers lived in California’s Imperial Valley.
70 years later, people still feel the impact of partitioning India into two countries (India and Pakistan) based on religion.
Indonesians have cut-down native trees and replaced them with palm oil trees. This has led to environmental damage.
Thanks to NASA's Earth Observatory program, we can view Istanbul (previously known as "Constantinople") from space.
Ten weeks after bombing Pearl Harbor, Japanese pilots attacked the northern-Australian city of Darwin. Learn about that and why people use red poppies...
This image depicts a request from President Jefferson for westward exploration.
Creede, Colorado was originally known as "Jimtown. It was the hometown of the famous American boxer, Jack Dempsey.
John Ball, a priest who encouraged peasants to revolt in 1381, would ultimately pay for his words and deeds with his life.
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