Spouses of U.S. citizens are facing tougher challenges than ever in the green card process. Longer wait times, stricter document reviews, and more interviews are becoming the new normal. Many couples ...

Southwest Airlines is about to become a very different airline. Starting January 27, 2026, passengers will get assigned seats for the first time in the carrier’s 53-year history. The familiar A, B, ...

In summer 1950, polio hit tiny Wytheville, Virginia with brutal force. The first case struck 20-month-old Johnny Seccafico in late June. Soon after, the town of just 5,500 people had 184 cases—one in ...

In 1975, a retired military man named Peter Jefferds changed American food history on a small cove in Washington. After living abroad and falling for mussels, he picked Penn Cove on Whidbey Island to ...

In 1858, Mobile plantation owner Timothy Meaher bet $1,000 he could sneak slaves into America, 50 years after the trade was banned. He soon hired Captain William Foster, who sailed to West Africa and ...

In 1941, two men dug into Arizona’s past and found a gold mine of history. Emil Haury, with his Harvard degree, teamed up with Julian Hayden, who learned archaeology in the field. They cut through 12 ...

Count John Polereczky went from Hungarian nobility to Maine lighthouse keeper in one lifetime. Born in France, he fought for America as a Hussar during the Revolution, then settled in Dresden, Maine.

In 1907, a doctor named T. W. Hardison had a simple idea that changed Arkansas forever. While hiking Petit Jean Mountain with lumber bosses who said the land was too hard to log, Hardison thought: why ...

Reshaping travel along Michigan’s lakeshore Michigan’s Great Lakes shoreline is buzzing again, with small towns and coastal cities seeing a wave of renewed energy. From lively festivals to charming ...

In 1898, a bat cloud led 16-year-old cowboy Jim White to find Carlsbad Caverns in the New Mexico desert. Five days later, he went back with a 15-year-old Mexican boy whose real name was never kept.

Mississippi isn’t just a state—it’s a slower pace, a warmer welcome, and a whole vocabulary steeped in Southern charm (and maybe a little sass). Here, conversations can be long, accents are thick, and ...

California isn’t just a state—it’s practically its own planet, complete with microclimates, traffic-based time calculations, and an obsession with avocados. And just like the weather, the lingo shifts ...