Depending on the map projection used, the size of continents can be quite distorted - and a map showing the true size of each ...

I want to thank Bob for the past eight years as the President of PNA, a time during which we put PUMA back on the map in North America, and I wish him all the best for the future.” Tara rejoined PUMA ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Elizabeth Hays, a white woman from central North Carolina, had never been to the National Museum of African American History ...

Hudson’s Bay Co. ULC, a company that’s so old it once played a central role for goods traders in Britain’s North American colonies, is being stripped for parts.

So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

Three wildfires in Western North Carolina are nearing containment ... See our interactive wildfire map for WNC and the region. It is updated hourly and provides information on the fires.

Three wildfires in Western North Carolina are nearing containment after improved ... See our interactive wildfire map for WNC and the region. It is updated hourly and provides information on the fires ...

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

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