It was here the founders shaped the future of American government.
The farms and gardens of Mount Vernon played a central role in the life of America’s first president.
Two hundred years ago, a battle in the port city of Baltimore inspired the writing of America’s national anthem.
The city’s metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape shaped by ancient volcanoes.
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Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.
Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and marches at an event at a racetrack on May 1, 1865.
A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.
From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador.
