Conveniently located along Interstate 80, Truckee is a gateway community in the Lake Tahoe region. With outdoor activities, ...

Yo Ma to remind the world of the benefits of globalisation in bringing people together, Silkroad is a non-profit organisation ...

Townsite promoters, including James C. Mitchell, hoped the rock bed in the Missouri River would give Florence a solid ...

“For the first time because of this $700 million grant, we’re going to connect the Western grid with the Eastern grid. This is like driving the Golden Spike on the Transcontinental ...

At first glance, one might dismiss it as merely ... Additionally, the quarry contributed granite for the adjacent Transcontinental Railroad as it made its way from Sacramento to Rocklin in 1864.

The transcontinental railroad was joined with the driving of ... It connected the oceans by sea for the first time without the long, dangerous trip around Cape Horn at the tip of South America.

The Silver State is home to some of the country's most unique historical landmarks— this year, 12 of them are in imminent ...

One of the most beautiful train journeys in the US, the Coast Starlight’s route unspools along the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles via Sacramento to Seattle. With miles of coastline, towering mountain ...

Everyone knows that Tarkington and Meredith halls are named after people. But who are the Purdue alumni behind the residence ...

In the former president’s pitch to voters, historians hear echoes of the nation’s inescapable xenophobic history.