A huge victory for American conservation came after magazine reporters witnessed the 1894 arrest of a notorious buffalo hunter in Yellowstone Park. Promoted ever since as a lucky…

Aerial photography was a part of war for 150 years. But aerial photos have aided land use studies and transformed archeology. Now aerial cameras find ancient cities once lost in…

Transcendent experiences are moments where we feel a sense of deep connection with the world around us. They are sometimes accessed through near-death experiences (NDEs), drugs,…

Western New York was once young America’s Wild West. Its raucous settlement set in motion changes that swept across the continent. Energizing it all was the new Erie Canal,…