Lakes are fascinating geographical features, defined as sizable bodies of standing or slowly moving water contained inland.

Immense beyond imagination, Alaska covers more territory than Texas, California, and Montana combined. Wide swaths of the 49th state—aptly nicknamed the “Last Frontier”—are untamed and ...

Alaska only officially joined the union in 1959. The Republic of Texas, meanwhile, lasted for a decade between 1836 and 1846.

These 20 maps offer an overview of the economy ... eventually leading to the formation of the 50 states that comprise the United States today. Alaska and Hawaii were the most recent states ...