History
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....
Khara-Khoto: Lost City of the Gobi Desert
Khara-Khoto, or the 'Black City', sits mostly forgotten in...
Great Explorers: Francis Younghusband
Dubbed the last great imperial adventurer, Sir Francis Younghusband...
Great Explorers: Peter Aufschnaiter, the Other Austrian in ‘Seven Years in Tibet’
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer's travel classic, Seven Years in...
Exploration Mysteries: An Early African Voyage to the Americas?
Fourteenth-century Malian ruler Mansa Musa was possibly the richest...
Found: Complete DNA of Pompeii Man Who Died 2,000 Years Ago
Improvements in DNA analysis have once again allowed archaeologists...
Weekend Warm-Up: Revisit ’70s Luxury With Winnebago’s Flying Camper Van
While American culture has a historic love affair with...
Explorers Discover World’s Deepest Shipwreck Miles Below Surface
Almost 7,000m below the Philippine Sea, explorers found a...
Drought Exposes 3,400-Year-Old City in Iraq Reservoir
A dry season in the fertile crescent revealed signs...
