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11 Facts About Sir Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Shackleton, c. 1910

11 Facts About Sir Ernest Shackleton

12 Proposed U.S. States That Didn't Make the Cut

Westsylvania is just one state that never made the cut.

12 Proposed U.S. States That Didn't Make the Cut

6 of the Oldest Trees in the World

We live among ancient trees that are thousands of years old.

6 of the Oldest Trees in the World

The Rainiest City in Every Country

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The Rainiest City in Every Country

10 Facts About Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park.

10 Facts About Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Autumn.

Watch Stunning—and Slightly Terrifying—Drone Footage of the World’s Tallest Waterfall

Kerepakupai-Merú, a.k.a. Angel Falls.

11 Facts About Great Smoky Mountains National Park

America's most-visited national park.

11 Facts About the Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains have a long, fascinating history.

15 Unexplored Corners of the Earth

Volcanoes in Kamchatka, Russia.

San Marino, a European Microstate, Just Became the Smallest Country Ever to Win an Olympic Medal

Alessandra Perilli with her bronze medal after the trap-shooting finals on July 29, 2021.

11 Facts About the River Thames

An aerial view of the river Thames at sunset.

11 Shipwrecks That Haunt the Great Lakes

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

11 Facts About Acadia National Park

Bass Harbor Lighthouse at Acadia National Park.

11 Landmarks 'Built' by Paul Bunyan

Who needs nature when you have Paul Bunyan?

The Current That Carried Shipwrecked Sailors Across the Pacific

The Kuroshio Current colliding with the Oyashio Current.