NPCA is fighting for widespread mining reform so a 19th-century law giving the mining industry first dibs on public lands ...

Petroleum has been one of the most transformative resources in modern history, reshaping economies, geopolitics, and societies worldwide. This video offers a comprehensive visual journey through the ...

The second half of the 19th century ... these maps varied considerably. During this period, one prominent scientist and popularizer brought together science and imagination to explore the ...

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new exhibition — and a string of multimillion-dollar auction sales.

The event that heralded a globalized world in the 19th century (and is still going strong) World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and ...

How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors ... photobooks, viewbooks, photos, and maps, dating from roughly the early-1800s up through the ... from every corner of the world, ...

An individual who purchased this map for $50 at an estate sale in North Carolina later discovered on Antiques Roadshow that it was appraised for an impressive $35,000 to $45,000. 6. Vintage World Maps ...

12963734/istockphotoYou never know what treasures might be hiding in your attic, but if you’ve got a few vintage maps stashed in there, you may have struck gold. From early maps of America to ...

A 17th-century world map by Joan Blaeu, like his “Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula,” can command prices that soar into the thousands. More recently, a World Ortelius map sold for £4,000 ...

Golis: A 19th century government, a 21st century world. From 40 school districts in Sonoma County to 88 cities in Los Angeles County, California likes local control — even if they can’t name ...

Donald Trump is abandoning this tradition by describing a Hobbesian world in which the most powerful are given free rein to dominate. If the U.S. wants Greenland’s resources, it has a divine ...

These observations, penned in the late 19th century, clearly anticipated 21st-century environmental problems and their causes. Wallace’s foresight was rare at his time, and his warning was even ...