The first peach pits were brought to North America by Spanish explorers, but Indigenous communities were the ones responsible for helping the fruit take root.

Quest for Colorado's Spanish crossGrand Junction A piece of a centuries-old bronze cross found on a rocky side of the Grand Mesa 45 years ago could put a new spin on Spanish exploration in ...

"The shape of the river mouth on the map indicates that the explorers observed no more of the river than its powerful discharge, probably perceived from some distance offshore." ...

Colored and pictorial map of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The routes of 30 explorers are marked, with illustrations and explanations of their discoveries lining three of the map ...

For more than a century, researchers have hunted for the site of the Battle of Mabila in Alabama. New discoveries in Marengo County suggest they are getting close to finding it.

Multiple parties of brave explorers journeyed to map the American frontier.

On May 8, 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto becomes the first European colonizer to discover the Mississippi River.

A shipwreck hunter has launched a new expedition to search for a Spanish galleon and engraved stone lost in Queensland that may rewrite Australia's history.

Twenty years later, a black explorer known as Esteban the Moor struggled to cross a Texas desert—he was just one of four survivors of a Spanish expedition that went horribly wrong.

Others are named after the rivers Spanish explorers encountered centuries ago. One is even named after cookware. Here's a closer look at how some of the counties in the San Antonio area got their ...