Open plain with cracked mud and clear sky

Albie Pokrob fights minus-20-degree temperatures at Mount Washington Observatory in 1982.

Jesse Greenspan is a Bay Area-based freelance journalist who writes about history and the environment.

Jesse Greenspan

Jesse Greenspan is a Bay Area-based freelance journalist who writes about history and the environment.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

Landmarks and monuments, the physical record of human civilization, include spectacular structures like the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, the Panama Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge and more.

Landmarks

Natural disasters and changes in the environment, such as global warming, the San Francisco Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, the Galveston Hurricane, the Krakatoa eruption and others, have profoundly shaped human history. Explore both the sudden and long-term impacts of natural and human-made disasters.

Jesse Greenspan

Stories

What Was the Strongest Wind Gust Ever Recorded in America?

7 Withering Droughts That Changed Human History

Jimmy Carter’s Life in Photos

The 6 Most Active Volcanoes in the United States