In 1941, two men dug into Arizona’s past and found a gold mine of history. Emil Haury, with his Harvard degree, teamed up with Julian Hayden, who learned archaeology in the field. They cut through 12 ...

Count John Polereczky went from Hungarian nobility to Maine lighthouse keeper in one lifetime. Born in France, he fought for America as a Hussar during the Revolution, then settled in Dresden, Maine.

Michigan’s Great Lakes shoreline is buzzing again, with small towns and coastal cities seeing a wave of renewed energy. From lively festivals to charming harbors and scenic dunes, these destinations ...

Edward Cope of Philadelphia and Yale’s Othniel Marsh paid fossil hunters like Charles Sternberg $300 to comb the area for ancient treasures. Their teams stole each other’s finds, broke bones they ...

California may be known for sunshine, beaches, and Hollywood glam, but the everyday habits of its residents can look completely unhinged to outsiders. To locals, though, these quirks are part of what ...

Colorado isn’t just mountains, beer, and ski passes—it’s a lifestyle with its own set of quirks. To Coloradans, these habits are part of the high-altitude charm, but to outsiders, they look like ...

Susan Nelson was just a mom with four kids when she saw bulldozers coming for the Santa Monica Mountains in 1964. Developers wanted golf courses where canyons stood. Roads would slice through hills.

In 1539, a Moroccan slave named Estevanico met his end at Hawikuh, a Zuni pueblo in what is now New Mexico. He had lived through the failed Narváez trek of 1527, then spent eight years crossing the ...

Mississippi slang is equal parts tailgate chant, juke-joint geography, and “do you want comeback with that?” If these ring true, you didn’t just drive through—you grew up timing life by catfish plates ...

Connecticut may be small, but we pack a punch—between the coastal charm, prep-school vibes, aggressive driving habits, and an endless civil war over pizza. Locals know the unspoken rules: which towns ...

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore reveals a sacred world most visitors never see. For thousands of years, the Ojibwe people saw these colorful cliffs not as pretty scenery but as living beings filled ...

Cane River Creole National Historical Park holds the story of America’s most unlikely business empire. Marie Thérèse Coincoin was born into slavery in 1742 at Natchitoches, but she refused to stay ...