While the boundaries between lakes, ponds and other water bodies often blur, lakes remain a cornerstone of ecological systems and recreational life across the United States. Among the most famous ...

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 ...

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 ...