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.
Krakatoa's tremendous volcanic eruption causes a devastating tsunami on August 26, 1883. It also produces the loudest-ever-reported sound when the isl...
Harold Richmond, a philanthropist, grew-up loving Sir Thomas Clapperton’s "Wonderland" sculpture located in Oamaru, on New Zealand’s South Island.
Thomas Rogers, one of the "Pilgrim Fathers" who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower, lived in this house in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Les Miserables is a massive novel, by Victor Hugo, perennially considered one of the world's best books.
After the Bishop of Digne shows kindness to Jean Valjean, providing him with food and allowing him to spend the night without pay, Valjean steals the ...
President Thomas Jefferson asked one of his key aides, twenty-eight-year-old Meriwether Lewis, to lead an expedition west - all the way to the "wester...
Despite dreadful conditions and too-few horses, Lewis & Clark reach the Great Falls on June 13, 1805. Sacagawea soon makes a remarkable discovery, lea...
As the Corps of Discovery pushed forward, into the heart of the Great Plains, the explorers saw "little toy dogs.
With Shoshone horses and a Shoshone guide, Lewis and Clark forged ahead with their men.
Photograph of Limahuli Tropical Botanical Garden on Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i
The Gulf of Mexico area contains a significant amount of America's crude-oil reserves.
Flying at 31,000 feet - above Lockerbie, Scotland - PanAm Flight 103 explodes in the night sky.
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