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By Dann Gaymer
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On August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima became the scene of one of most horrific events in human history, the dropping of the atomic bomb. Yet today Hiroshima has risen from the nuclear ashes as a city of hope and peace with its cherry blossom lined waterways, where the painful memories of that fateful day mingle with traditional Japanese heritage and a new identity as a home for contemporary art.
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By Andrea Julian
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In the southern Mexican state of Chiapas lie the remains of an ancient lost civilization. Giant stone cities, buried for centuries in thick jungle and rainforests, wait for adventurers to discover their secrets. Some of these cities are easily accessible to travelers, while others are still buried deep in virgin jungle, and must be reached by boat or long jungle hikes.
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By Editorial Staff
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December 7, 1941 was a day that changed history - the Japanese fleet attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, propelling the U.S. into a conflict that would last nearly four years and cost countless lives.
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By Bob Adams & Chris Kellogg
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Kentucky is characterized as much by its waterways as by its land mass, especially the more than 650 miles of the Ohio River that define the state's northern border, also part of the famous Mason-Dixon Line that once divided North from South.
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By Gaellen Quinn
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The picturesque Hawaiian islands have long been a favorite vacation destination for Americans but few visitors know about their tumultuous past - including the sordid overthrow of the ruling monarchs by mercenaries in the early 20th Century. Gaellen Quinn, author of the new novel, The Last Aloha, takes us back to those fateful times.
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