Geography Story Briefs

Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.

Stockholm - where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic Sea - is built on an archipelago.

One of the most-recognized monuments in the world, Stonehenge - situated on the Salisbury Plain - is about 5,000 years old.

Had D-Day occurred later in the month of June, 1944, things would have gone badly for the Allies. A massive gale swept through Normandy between the 19...

It is believed that Peter died in Rome, outside the city limits at Nero's Circus, and was buried in a nearby cemetery.

Peter the Great decided to build a summer palace near the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea). It is a sensational place.

Meet Sue, the dinosaur, who (once extracted from the South Dakota land) now lives in Chicago's Field Museum.

Vittorio Sella photographed some of the world's most majestic mountain peaks.

The Surratt family owned two properties - one, in Surrattsville, and the other in Washington City.

One of the oldest cities in the world, Susa likely had residents by at least 5000 BC. Today it is known as Shush and is located in Iran.

On the 24th of January, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, where James Marshall (who was building a saw mill for himself and John Sutter) fou...

Wearing their distinctive uniforms, members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard leave the interior of St. Peter's Basilica, following an event in 2006.

European Landing Sites for Shuttle Flights - What happens if the shuttle crew detects a problem, after launch, while the orbiter is over the Atlantic?

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