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The United States and Canada have a long shared history and strong cultural and political ties. They existed together as part of British America until the independence of the Thirteen Colonies in 1783...

Tombstone is a southeast Arizona town that lies on the historical road between El Paso Texas and San Diego. That critical transportation feature contributed to its importance in the 19th and 20th cent...

First populated almost 70,000 years ago by Indigenous Australians, Australia is a diverse and beautiful land. Large interior deserts span the majority of the continent, while Eucalyptus forests domina...

Last month, we covered the 49th state in the union. This month, we’re heading to number 50: Hawai’i! This archipelago, an independent unified kingdom from 1810 to 1893, was annexed by the United State...

Our previous Map of the Month (May 2024) came with a surprise, as it was hiding a secret. This month, let’s explore the mystery found hiding underneath the canvas backing of the previous map. It can b...

This month, we’re going to travel to the birthplace of civilization: Mesopotamia. The earliest known human settlements are found in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, and they have had co...

The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territ...

A new Web App, 1918 National Parks and Monuments, is now live on ASU Geodata. This App digitizes a map of the National Park and Monument system in its infancy and overlays it across a modern map of th...

In 1898, Cuba was in the midst of a bloody war for independence from Spain that had been raging for three years. American public opinion swayed dramatically towards support through the 1890s, especial...