Under Franco’s dictatorial regime, women’s roles were rigidly controlled by the ideology of National Catholicism, which linked femininity, motherhood and loyalty to the state. The church reinforced ...

From the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by boat to the first to scale Everest, we’ve rounded up the most fabulous ...

Today, La Sal Del Rey and its two sister lakes, which are called La Sal Vieja, or “the old salt,” are no longer privately owned. Instead, they are protected and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Attempts to mine along the Lower Colorado began hundreds of years ago and continue today along the river, which begins at Lees Ferry and flows through Arizona, Nevada and California before reaching ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. Lush green plants, ...

As the British fought with their colonies on the East Coast in 1776, the Spanish were working their way up Alta California. For Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, here’s a look at early ...

This expedition follows the original desert route east of Yuma, used for centuries by Spanish explorers, stagecoaches, and early auto travelers. After being bypassed in 1927, it became forgotten. We ...

Hernando de Soto may have died in Ferriday, Louisiana, in 1542, making him the first European to die on Louisiana soil His expedition passed through present-day St. Charles Parish, encountering Native ...

In 2018, Rocío Gallar and Jorge Ros started tinkering with jewelry design at a craft workshop near their home in Valencia, Spain. The couple—who worked in communications and furniture design, ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) -- Lori Matthias and her husband had tired of Atlanta traffic when they moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 2023. For Mike Waldron and his wife, moving from the Boston area in ...