The "decision to return to the McKinley name" for Alaska's mountain is a "slap in the face of recent efforts to acknowledge ...

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th ...

In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal mountaineering moments. This is Part 2, the story of one of the worst tragedies ever on a ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. This is Part 1, the story of McKinley's first winter ascent ...

A note on the name of the mountain: From 1917 to 2015, North America’s tallest mountain was officially named Mount McKinley. But over that century, Alaskans, climbers, and many others still ...

"It was like you could almost touch it," Corey said. "It was massive." Many visitors wind up playing hide-and-seek with Mount McKinley, located in the heart of Denali National Park, nearly 200 miles ...

The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals ...

Europe’s largest and most active volcano, Mount Etna is located on the eastern coast of Sicily, Italy, in the province of Catania, according to USGS. The active stratovolcano is known for its ...