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The decisive confrontation between Alexander the Great's forces and Darius III's Persian army at Gaugamela in 331 BCE. Old vintage illustration, 1880.

History

The Most One-Sided Ancient Battles Ever Fought

RM Brooks General Store was built between 1930 and 1940 in Rugby, Tennessee. image: Dee Browning - Shutterstock.

Places

9 Old-Timey General Stores In Tennessee

Hannibal Crossing the Alps With War Elephants

History

Ancient Armies That Crossed Impossible Terrain

Downtown Dubois, Wyoming. Image credit: melissamn / Shutterstock.com.

Places

8 Most Welcoming Towns In Wyoming's Countryside

Aerial view of downtown Littleton, New Hampshire.

Places

11 Cutest Small Towns In New Hampshire For 2026

Festival in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Editorial credit: TongRoRo / Shutterstock

Places

11 Most Welcoming Towns In Rhode Island's Countryside

The Round Goby is an invasive species that has been accidentally introduced to numerous areas.

Bodies of Water

How Round Gobies Took Over The Great Lakes

Granville, Ohio streetscape, By Chamberednautilus - Wikimedia

Places

8 Off-The-Grid Ohio Towns To Visit In 2026

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto. By NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute.

Science

Why Pluto Might Still Have A Liquid Ocean

Stairway to Chapel on The Dunes in Port Aransas, Texas.

Places

10 Coolest Texas Towns For A Summer Vacation In 2026

Bronze statue of Emperor Augustus (Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus Augustus) in Rome, Italy

History

The Wealthiest Ancient Rulers In History

An African rock python shows the broad head, muscular body, and bold markings typical of the species.

Nature

African Rock Python

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