History
When Foreigners Were Considered Monsters
Early explorers weren't just worried about storms, starvation, mutiny,...
Climbing the Unclimbable: Mount Waddington
Mount Waddington, an infrequently climbed peak in British Columbia’s...
Why Feral Camels Once Haunted the American Southwest
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, denizens...
Exploration Mysteries: A 16th-Century Arctic Expedition Ends in Disaster
It’s 1553, and Sir Hugh Willoughby is leading three...
Resurrecting An Extinct Grain from a 19th-Century Shipwreck
In November of 1878, a three-masted schooner named the...
Two Groups of Castaways Marooned on the Same Island: One Did Everything Right; One Didn’t
In the early hours of January 3, 1864, the...
Explore the Fascinating History of Imaginary Lands With This Interactive Map
Every exploration buff knows that made-up geography often appeared...
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...
