Most of the problems facing  Assateague Island are man-made : population growth in neighboring areas, which affects water quality, marine life, and vegetation in...

More than 300 million years ago, molten lava blistered up under the Earth's surface and hardened into a 25-square-mile mass of igneous rock here...

Germany is home to a variety of cuisines, with significant differences in culinary traditions between its regions. However, the country is unified by its...

Established during the 1876 gold rush, Deadwood was a magnet for get-rich-quick prospectors and the kinds of businesses where they could lose those riches...

Founded in 1821 as the country's first planned industrial city, Lowell soon became the most prominent of the mill towns that fueled the economy...

QUEBEC, CANADA  Each spring, starting in late February or early March, female harp seals move out onto the sea ice, each one giving birth to...

Say “Norwegian” and what word naturally follows?  Most  likely  it  would  be  “fjord.” When most of us picture Scandinavia, our mind’s eye is really...

Dramatically set, beautifully built, and testament to extraordinary historic cultural diversity, the Alhambra is cherished for its monuments and palaces. Not a single construction...