Around this time last year, the oldest tree in Washington, DC came crashing to the ground. The Northampton Oak was likely planted around the time of the Mayflow ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

July 4 is a day many Americans celebrate to honor the country’s independence from Great Britain. For many Native Americans, ...

Humans were present in North America 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers from ...

American Girl, American Girl Magazine, AG Magazine Collection americangirlmagazine; lifestylemagazines; magazine_rack Language English Item Size 398.5M The July/August 2010 issue of American Girl ...

In some of the earliest settlements in North America, specifically in Jamestown (in modern-day Virginia), and the Plymouth colony (in modern day Massachusetts), the original settlers that survived ...

Property owner Dennis Stone and his family have worked to solve the mystery of this rock formation since the 1950s. Believed ...

Some 1,200 years ago, a wealthy noblewoman, at least 60 years old, was laid to rest in Peru—richly provisioned for eternity with jewelry, flasks, and weaving tools made of gold. Now, more than ...

When they were unearthed in 2019, these prints became the most indisputable evidence that humans thrived in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum — well before the Clovis culture, long ...

Footprints found in an ancient streambed beneath gypsum dunes The footprints were discovered in a dried streambed, once part of a lake system that covered the White Sands area thousands of years ago.

If there’s one thing you may know about Benson Boone, it’s that he can backflip like it’s nobody’s business. But on his charismatic new album, American Heart (out Friday, June 20, on ...