The Marlette Flume was hardly Nevada’s only 19th-century engineering wonder: the Silver State’s rise was built on ambitious ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House has created flashpoints between the North American neighbours.

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Point Roberts is technically part of Washington state, but you’ll need a passport to get there. When 19th-century mapmakers drew set the U.S.-Canada border at the 49th parallel, they left Point ...