Located in upstate New York, Fort Ticonderoga was originally built by the French in the 1750s. Over the next 30 years, the fort saw a number of "visitors", including Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, General John Burgoyne, and other military types. The fort fell out of use in the 1780s, and while it was a type of tourist destination during the 19th century, it was not restored as a more viable...

Big water companies quit poor countries http://society.guardian.co.uk/aid/story/0,,1736649,00.html?gusrc=rss 10,000 protest at water summit http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/16D30D0D-916D-4484-9C3B-EA56CE20A7C0.htm Water with strings attached http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1736247,00.html 4th World Water Forum [Real Player,...

This article from CNN reports on the first non-stop solo flight around the world, completed by Steve Fossett on March 3. The article provides some basic facts about the accomplishment, such as the distance (19,880 nautical-miles or 36,818 kilometers) and time (67 hours and two minutes). The touchdown is also described in detail as well as some highlights from the trip. A section on related links...

Platypus Much Older Than Thought, Lived with Dinos http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080122-platypus.html Australian Platypus Conservancy http://www.platypus.asn.au/ The Diplomatic Platypus http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-diplomatic-platypus/ The Enigma of the Echidna http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm?articleId=763&issueId=61 A History of the Earth,...

On January 13th, 2012, the Brookings Institution convened a panel of experts to discuss economic growth and innovation in the United States. Their number included John Surma of United States Steel, Thomas Connelly of DuPont, and John Bryson, the Secretary of the Department of Commerce. These discussions were videotaped and archived, and this website allows interested parties to view their remarks...

Geographers, historians, landscape designers, urban planners, and poets have all been fascinated with both natural and human-made landscapes for centuries. The mission statement of the Foundation for Landscape Studies might resonate with many of these groups of people: "To foster an active understanding of the importance of place in human life.� From the organization's homepage, visitors can...

Iconic Hotel Provides Hope for New Orleans [Real Player] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112350502 Study Probes Racial Tension Between Hurricane Katrina Evacuees and Houston Community http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-31-voa41.cfm New post-Katrina construction shows that a sustainable industry may have come out of the...

Two Australian artists recently continued the tradition of official Australian war art that began in World War I by traveling for six weeks throughout the Middle East to record the lives of Australian troops in wartime. The paintings, composed using photographs, create a vivid picture of the experience of war. On the homepage visitors will find a slideshow of 19 of the paintings and photographs by...

A partnership between the Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque nationale de France has produced this digital research library "that tells the story of the French presence in America and the interactions between the French and American peoples from the early 16th to the late 19th centuries." Presented in both French and English, the collection includes maps and many types of documents and...

France and Canada's Battle of the Sea http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888462,00.html France's last colony in North America chafes under Canadian resource law http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/France+last+colony+North+America+chafes+under+Canadian+resource/1444209/story.html A new brouhaha with France http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/608952 Welcome to...