It would not have occurred to me that the landlocked Idaho has access to the sea for oceanic transport, but it does. The Snake River touches the Port of Lewiston on the western border of the state. That river connects to...

Before World War II, dirigibles appeared to have a...  ...t Corporation built one in 1929.Robert Guttman of History .net says that the ZMC-2 was covered with very thi...

The Texians' dreams of independence from the tyranny of Santa Anna seemed hopeless. The well-organized and equipped Mexican army had shattered the formations of the Texian settlers who were in full flight.General Sam Hou...

Canada and France share a maritime border, despite the ejection of France from North America in the Seven Years' War. Article 6 of the 1763 Treaty of Paris allowed France to retain the tiny islands of St. Pierre and Miqu...

The Kunlun Mountains form the northern boundary of Tibet. If you stand on summit of them and look northwest, you should be able to see Pik Dankova, the tallest mountain in the Tian Shan range of Kyrgyzstan 329 miles away...

On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the Great War with a very small army and limited equipment. How would the Yank endure and ultimately prevail over the challenges of Twentieth Century warfare?Helmets were in co...

A Highland charge was a traditional Scottish battle tactic involving wedge-shaped formations of Scots running toward enemy positions. Upon reaching effective musket range, they would fire a single volley, drop their musk...

In 1862, John Gilleland was a 53-year old carpenter in Athens, Georgia. He was too old to serve in the Confederate Army, but he was a private in a home guard unit. Determined to find some way to counteract the Union's ma...

I own a globe that could have only existed for 6 months in 1939 pic.twitter.com/IL6Slm4bOX— DJ Branham🗽 (@DJBranham) December 30, 2025 X user DJ Branham shares a photo of an unusual globe that he found at an an...

Barry's Borderpoints is a website featuring photos...  ...includes some of the more eccentric borders that history and politics have drawn across the world. Among t...