Jose Rivas was born in Mexico in 1836. He was 14 years old when California became the 31st state in the Union. And he moved to Central California and established a little ranch for himself. I ...

Glacier retreat across Alaska could expand the state’s glacial lakes to more than four times their current area, according to ...

CSIRO has created a complete, high-resolution underwater map of Tasmania’s Lake St Clair to finally determine the lake’s true depth.

The Sacramento Bee spoke to avalanche experts, skiers and guides about what went wrong near Castle Peak, and what skiers can learn.

Newsweek has created a map showing which lakes are declining in water levels fastest. Lake Mead, in Nevada and Arizona, Lake ...

A long hike along the ridges of the Tongue Mountain Range above Lake George offers spectacular views for Walt McLaughlin.

How did hundreds of Montana granite stones end up in farm fields in Oregon’s Willamette Valley? Take a hike along an Ice Age trail to find out.

Vermont officials say they've made changes to state maps that identify wetlands near you. The new maps, once finalized, will ...

The Great Northern Road Trip guide recommends spending time in the U.P. for pasties, Pictured Rocks and peninsula views.

The general parking pass at the Tour Championship is $20 with taxes and fees. The pass is for August 23–27 and provides comfortable, cool buses to the championship, which will be available to get ...

Animated map of the Middle East, showing the location of major US bases in the region, near Iran. 3D reconstruction produced by AFP. The topographic data used for this animation was provided by AW3D ...

A new high resolution digital dataset and map—named Itiner-e—of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase ...