Maps have been around since humans could communicate through drawings to describe the location of a specific place. Some of ...

President Trump has repeatedly described the U.S.-Canada border as an "artificially drawn line." But experts say just because ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to ...

Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

Donald Blakeslee, who sometimes suffers the slings and arrows of fellow scientists, has yet another dazzling Native American story to tell about the ancient Quivira culture that he says was central to ...

In 2000 a group of paddlers from New England established this long stretch of waterways as the NFCT and began to formally map it ... stripes discover one of North America’s greatest canoeing ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic ... second-tallest building in North America. Most hotels and restaurants ...

Frankenmuth, Michigan delivers all that and more – a Bavarian-inspired haven tucked away in the heart of the Great Lakes ...

From Minneapolis to the Louisiana Delta, it carries more water than any American river. The Mississippi River was discovered in May of 1541 by Hernando de Soto, a Spanish conquistador and explorer.

The Northern water snake can be found living and swimming along the banks of the Mississippi River. It uses its long body to ...

Long before becoming a park, Boom Island played an important role in the city’s sawmill industry at St. Anthony Falls. In the ...

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has opened its first net-zero building, The River Hub, at Graco Park.