From historic Everest summits to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research, National Geographic magazine and its famed covers have ...

There’s no limit to the adventures on offer in our cities, from kayaking along canals to hiking along railway lines.

Sin City has steakhouses from José Andrés, Emeril Lagasse, and Wolfgang Puck — all in one hotel. Las Vegas' steakhouse scene ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away ...

With its ancient streets, convent sweets and Roman ruins, Alentejo's capital blends rich history with a youthful energy.

History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But before its days of piracy, the ship played a role in the transatlantic slave ...

In 1797 the “petticoat band” showed up to vote for the New Jersey state legislature, but only on a technicality. Their impact sent lawmakers into a scramble to shut them out. POLLS APARTHoward Pyle’s ...

President Obama creates a national monument in Delaware, finally bringing the National Park Service to all 50 states.

Dan Buettner's iconic National Geographic cover story transformed our idea of what makes for a long, healthy life. It's now published online for the first time. OKINAWA, JAPANSquatting effortlessly on ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the entire world was eagerly anticipating—the opening of King Tut's burial chamber.

Throughout our history, the magazine’s storytelling has relied on photographers—and on artists such as Fernando Gomez Baptista.

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken landscape near the ruins of Taposiris Magna. Archeologist Kathleen Martínez and ...