Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics is theory of global tectonics that has served as the master key in modern geology for understanding the structure, history, and dynamics of the earth's crust. The theory is based on the observation that the earth's solid crust is broken up into a dozen semirigid ...

Downtown Madison at night is full of amazing sights and sounds that you can't see anywhere else in town. The large dome of the capital is lit up at night and is like a light house calling people out from there homes and into the wild nightlife that awaits them at the bottom of its white stone...

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace agreement between Germany and the Allies signed at the end of The Great War on January 18, 1919. The countries that were involved in this armistice were the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and the German Republic, which had just replaced the incumben...

On December 7th, 1941 at 8:00 a.m. a bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbor by Japan. There had been no official declaration of war. The U.S.S Arizona (BB39 Battleship) was struck by a converted armor penetrating naval shell. This explosion caused the U.S.S Arizona to sink to the harbor bottom in j...

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, is a footpath in the eastern United States for outdoor enthusiasts, extending about 2140 miles from Maine to Georgia, along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. The trail passes through 14 states and is maintained by 34 different trail maintenance organiza...

Mount St. Helen Mount St. Helen is a volcano located along the cascade range, which is a volcano chain stretching from Northern California to British Columbia. Mount St Helen now stands at a height of 8,364 feet above sea level. Mount St. Helen was one the smaller eruptions of five ...