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.
In 1718, a battle occured between the British Royal Navy and Edward Teach (the pirate known as "Blackbeard").
A blind curve along the railway near Nashville is known as Dutchman's Curve. America's deadliest train wreck occurred near this area in 1918 when two ...
It's the Masters! Who planned this beautiful golf course? How did it come about? When Bobby Jones envisioned that Berckmans' Place (near Augusta, Geor...
Surviving over nine feet of snow in Boston
Bran Castle, a national monument, may have ties to the real Vlad III - also known as "Dracula" - but then again...
During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1805, Britain fought against France in a naval clash known as The Battle of Trafalgar. Admiral Horatio Nelson employed ...
In 1667, a French pirate known as Franois L'Olonnais plans an attack on Maracaibo (a city in todays northwestern Venezuela). Disastrous consequences ...
What is it like to actually sail around Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America?
How Captain Cook changed the way Hawaiians lived.
Captain John Smith could have been very helpful to the Pilgrims as they left their homeland for America. Because they could not afford his services, ...
Castel Sant'Angelo (Castle of the Angel Saint) had its beginnings in 135 A.D. Throughout its long history, the great castle has been more than a tomb...
Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of northwest Australia, is the top of an underwater mountain.
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