All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

On April 25, 1898, the United States Congress declared war against Spain. The 16-week Spanish-American War resulted in an ...

But, just as a photo lens must be focused before being brought into full clarity, so it would be with the developing map of the world ... Verrazzano's North American exploration ended when ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

Eleven people are dead after a car ploughed into a crowded street festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, on April 26. More ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a pair of bills on Monday that will update all statutory references in Florida law from the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about ...

Vancouver ’s interim police chief Steve Rai has said that a five-year-old was among the 11 dead from a car-ramming attack in the city. At least 20 people were injured and 11 have died, ages ranging ...

The triumph of Lucy Lippard’s El Puente, which is as engaged with the past of a New Mexican village as it is with daily life.

Larson’s story has already been made into a couple of Game Show Network documentaries, a Spanish-language graphic novel and now “The Luckiest Man in America,” which extrapolates some of the ...

Click here to see the entire Hot List for 2025. Tucked away on rue Saint-Roch in Paris ’s 1st arrondissement is chef Pierre ...