Sometimes the best time machine doesn’t require flux capacitors or DeLoreans, just a short drive to Excelsior, Minnesota, ...

Scientists are uncovering fossilized footprints in the New Mexico desert that show how humans and Ice Age animals shared the landscape ...

A new study challenges the age of a site in Chile, called Monte Verde, that's crucial to our understanding of how people got ...

The Wave is an awesome sandstone formation in Arizona that almost has to be seen to be believed. But who discovered it?

While everyone’s scrambling to pay half a million for a shoebox in Madison, there’s a charming waterfront city up north where ...

He wasn’t boasting when he once told me in his slight Scottish burr that he wrote more books than he had read. Banks’s ...

Whether you realized it at the time or not, you’ve probably been a victim of shrinkflation. A combination of the words ...

A fascinating new discovery in South America's rainforests has captured the attention of scientists. This creature, with a head resembling a sperm whale, is offering new insights into the mysteries of ...

Scientists exploring the canopy of a South American rainforest have discovered an unusual new termite species with a strikingly elongated head that resembles a sperm whale. Credit: Rudolph Scheffrahn ...

Photograph of Alta, Utah, in 1873 Intact bottle of alcohol ALTA, UTAH—According to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune, construction work at the Alta Ski Area in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains has uncovered ...

The ancient Greek philosophers had a grasp of the continent that lies west of the Atlantic Ocean that we call America way before the discovery of Columbus. Credit: Architect of the Capitol, Wikimedia, ...

As Illinois prepares to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Illinois America 250 Commission has unveiled a new passport booklet inviting residents and visitors to explore historical locations ...