US Geography Quiz: The United States of America, a nation spanning a continent, boasts a geography as diverse and captivating as its people. From the sun-drenched beaches of California to the frosty ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. These pages from Anna Heermans’ ...

There are more tornadoes in the US than anywhere else on Earth. How do they form? This is in part because of the geography of ...

American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The five most recent winners were all maps ...

Arlington Forest teen Daniel Meyer is jetting off to Indonesia this weekend to represent the U.S. in an international geography tournament. The rising senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for ...