From Sedona cliffs to canyon railroads and quiet desert lakes, this Arizona day trip guide maps out quick escapes locals love ...

Northwest Florida stopped to salute its veterans with parades, proclamations, patriotic music and tributes to heroes.

Contributing writer for The Prospect Devon Williams details curatorial choices in the European Art Pavilion at the Princeton ...

In reality, this legend isn't true. The distinct "th" sound in Spain's Castilian Spanish developed naturally as part of the ...

After the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, Mexico’s European overlords used its silver and its agricultural wealth to nourish ...

Following clues, history, and whispers of buried fortune, one man takes on the quest to find Utah’s most mysterious treasure.

Illegal gold mining is growing in Ghana, one of the world's top gold producers. A weakening economy and high unemployment ...

More than 300 years after a hurricane sank an entire Spanish treasure fleet off Florida’s southeast coast, a group of dedicated divers uncovered some of the riches left behind. What began as ...

According to the U.S. Marine Corps History Division, from 1798 to 1921 the birthday of the Corps had been celebrated in July.

Archaeologists recently unearthed a trove of priceless ancient jewelry and gold coins near the ruins of a historic Christian city. The treasure was found in the ancient city of Hippos near the Sea of ...

Vital information about a covered pit at a West Coast gold mine - which collapsed beneath a 44-year-old loader driver - had been “lost over time” to everyone at the company, a coroner has found.

When Daniel Romero worked at a river mine in Canaima National Park, in southeastern Venezuela, he would wait until the sun ...