History
Snowflake Bentley’s Pioneering Photos Now Online
Wilson Bentley holds the enviable title of "first person...
The Story of Nanda Devi: Irresistible Will Meets Immovable Goddess
The state of Uttarakhand in northern India is often...
Great Expeditions: Orellana’s Navigation of the Amazon
Conquistador Francisco de Orellana lived in the shadow of...
Ancient Body, Signs of Gold Unearthed Near Stonehenge
A goldsmith's body found near Stonehenge had more treasure...
The Annapurna Massif: More Than Annapurna I
On June 3, 1950, French mountaineers Maurice Herzog and...
UK Archaeologists Discover “Richest of its Kind” Medieval Necklace
Archeologists working in the small English village of Harpole,...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of the Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans (or Anasazi) were ancient pre-Columbian people...
Gyala Peri and Namcha Barwa: Two Hard 7,000’ers Climbed Only Once
At the eastern end of the Himalaya lies a...
The Woman Who Climbed England’s Highest Peak in the Early 1800s
These days it's not unusual for all sorts of...
Retracing the Buffalo Soldiers’ Legendary Cycle Across America
Erick Cedeno — known to Instagram as the Bicycle...
Seven Underground Cities: How to Explore Them
From impressive military hideouts to macabre tourist attractions, complex...
Indigenous Groups Restoring Bison to North America
Few stories define the history of the American West...
Gold Coin Pre-Dating First English Explorers Found on Newfoundland Beach
Sometimes a single discovery can completely rewrite history.
That might...
Exploration Mysteries: Collapse of the Moche
The Moche civilization lived in northern Peru from 100...
Weekend Warm-Up: Whillans & Bonington At the Torres del Paine, 1963
Today, Chile's Torres del Paine National Park receives thousands...
Legendary Mountaineer Bradford Washburn’s Lost Cache Unearthed
A crew discovered lost film and cameras abandoned by...
Weekend Warm-Up: Everest in the Good Old Days
There's a precious moment about halfway through the 1991...
What to Do When Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Can No Longer Endure?
Six months after one of most famous ships in...
The ‘Denali Damsels’: American Alpine Club Profiles First All-Women Expedition
While many of today's outdoor companies now appeal to...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of Sequoyah
Sequoyah, also known as George Gist (or Guess), was...
Replica Boat Shows How Ancient Romans Sailed Upwind
“If you want something done right, you’ve got to...
Why Did They Do It? Six Archaeological Forgeries and the People Behind Them
Exploration has always attracted a certain amount of fraud....