Columbus Day is still a federal holiday — though some no longer want to celebrate the Italian explorer, and many ...

A red rock wilderness stretches for miles beneath an endless sky, where ancient cliff dwellings cling to canyon walls and ...

Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, Crazy Horse Memorial and cowboy culture are some of what South Dakota is known for.

Take a stroll down Court Street and you might feel like you’ve stepped onto a movie set, except the friendly shopkeepers are genuine, not actors paid to smile at tourists. The historic Gage County ...

Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Berea isn’t just another dot on the Kentucky map. It’s a vibrant arts community where creativity flows as freely as the nearby Kentucky River, ...

Sophie Mousseau was photographed at Fort Laramie alongside six white Army officers. But her identity—and her life ...

The Illinois Gaming Board has begun the process of eliminating credit cards as an acceptable form of payment for all ...

Raja Ravi Varma, often called India's king of kitsch, crossed the narrow lines of courtly painting. He brought the gods from ...

For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended ...

Long past the age when others have retired, former educational psychologist Judith Puncochar has thrown herself into a new ...

A chat with Chickasaw astronaut John Herrington on the anniversary of his historic liftoff as the first enrolled Indian in space ... The astronaut appears this month on CBS to celebrate Native ...

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