Alex Summers articles

There is something magical about a great beach city. It’s not just the sand and the waves, it’s how you stroll the boardwalk, where you eat your seafood dinner, whether you can grab a kayak or paddleboard, and whether the sunsets feel cinematic. And when it comes to cities you can find all that and more, these are 20 of the best in America. Ready to check out our ranking?

Everyone recognizes the names—Times Square, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls—but familiarity hides their true magnitude. Most people have heard of the Statue of Liberty or Yellowstone, but how many have really seen them beyond postcards and screens?

History often hides in plain sight, captured in fleeting photographs that outlast memory. Each image reveals a moment where humanity witnessed something unique. Such photos are fragments of truth that challenge and reshape the way the past is remembered.

Yes, the Choctaw are remembered for their villages and timeless games. But not every account is told in classrooms, and that’s where the intrigue begins.

The frontier’s history rarely stayed simple. Children and adults alike vanished into raids, only to emerge years later changed in ways no one expected. Their stories are preserved in the history that the West rarely tells.

Despite popular opinions, the Middle Ages left behind objects that feel almost too extraordinary to be real. Some of their stuff even came covered in gold or carved to hold bones. But the best of the best are…

A medieval brotherhood once governed an island fortress and shaped Mediterranean history. Though stripped of its island home, it never surrendered its sovereignty. What remains is an institution without land yet full of mystery.

Beneath the calm Pacific, thousands of barrels sit forgotten, many encircled by strange glowing halos. For decades, their contents remained an unsettling mystery, but recent discoveries are beginning to expose a toxic history.

Beneath the Giza Plateau lies a shaft cut into stone, which is linked to the Egyptian god of the afterlife. And although its true purpose remains debated, the find is fascinating to say the least.