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A map illustrating the patterns and routes of westward exploration and settlement in the United States after the “Louisiana Purchase” from France in 1803. As Napoleonic dreams of a great North American Empire gave way to French hegemonic...

Red Cloud's War (1866-1868) was a conflict between the Lakota Sioux-Cheyenne-Arapaho alliance and the US government over the westward expansion of the United States into the Powder River territory. It was the only war won by the Plains Indians...

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, statesman, and military strategist who became the only Native American leader of the Plains Indians to win a war against the United States. Red Cloud's War (1866-1868...

The Moselle Valley trail (German: Moselsteig) and the cross-border cultural route "Straßen der Römer" (Roads of the Romans) take visitors through one of the most beautiful landscapes in Germany where Roman estates, temples...

Natchez Trace is a historic site and park in the United States commemorated by the Natchez Trail Parkway stretching 444 miles (715 km) from Natchez, Mississippi, through northern Alabama, to Nashville, Tennessee, roughly adhering to a series...

Roman Nose (Woqini, "Hook Nose", l. c. 1830-1868) was a Northern Cheyenne warrior known for his courage in battle, who became so famous among white settlers and the US military that they believed he was chief of the Cheyenne nation. He was...

An Inca rest station on the Inca Trail, Peru. Such stations were built at regular intervals along most major Inca highways.

Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail is an unbroken 84-mile (135 km) signposted footpath stretching coast-to-coast and crossing England from Wallsend in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west.

Learn how Adolph Metzger, a young German immigrant, served as a bugler and made an impression on the native warriors in Wyoming. Special thanks goes out to the folks at the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in Buffalo, Wyoming for allowing...

The Moselle Valley is Germany's oldest winegrowing region. The Romans brought viticulture to this area and planted vines along the Moselle River 2000 years ago. After settling the region c. 50 BCE and establishing the city of Trier (Augusta...