History
Great Explorers: Jean Baptiste Tavernier
During the violence and instability of 17th-century Europe, monarchies...
The Devil Made Me Do It: Why So Many Wild Places Are Called Hell This or Hell That
Environmentalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner once famously...
A Climbing History of the Nilgiri Himal
The Nilgiri Himal in the Annapurna massif includes 7,061m...
Natural Wonders: The Rainbow Swamps of the American South
Swamps and wetlands get a bad rap, and not...
Exploration Mysteries: Where Are These Famous Figures Buried?
Despite what proponents of pseudo-archaeology would have you believe,...
Female Everest Pioneers Honored on Netflix — and the Moon
Two Sherpa women who made history on Everest are...
Ham the Astrochimp: Unwilling Simian Pioneer in the Space Race
The original Mercury space capsule had no window, a...
Earliest-Known Rock Climb Stood Unrepeated for Centuries
If people rock climbed before 1492, the evidence is...
The Pisco Controversy: New Route or Variation?
Last week, Spanish climbers Eneko and Iker Pou announced...
Johann Bessler and The Greatest Physics Fraud in History
In 1745, gravity finally caught up to the inventor...
Old Maps Online: A Gateway to Hours of Historical Exploration
History and geography already make excellent bedfellows, but OldMapsOnline.org...
Exploration Mysteries: The Sea Peoples
Black-flagged ships sailed up the Nile, bringing mysterious seafarers...
Mapping Human Migration Across Australia’s Lost ‘Atlantis’
Given Australia's gigantic scale and wild nature, archaeological research...
Climbing Legend? You Still Have to Do Paperwork
"You've got to be joking."
That's what Doug Scott scrawled...
The South Face of Dhaulagiri I: One Of the Himalaya’s Last Great Challenges
The 4,100m South Face of Dhaulagiri I has stymied...
Last Letters of George Mallory Now Online
The international team that discovered George Mallory's body on...
