From the plains of Africa to the seas of the Arctic, here are some historical routes that you can follow today. Inside every traveler there is an explorer just waiting to break out. After all, it is ...

For historical accuracy, the 33-year-old Brit wears only the cotton dresses, yak wool coats and hobnail boots that her predecessors would have had Claire Turrell - Freelance writer Replicating the ...

A Yale researcher says a lavish 1951 dinner in New York City promoted by the Explorers Club didn't actually include 250,000-year-old woolly mammoth, despite folklore about the event. Nor did the feast ...

WHY IT RATES: Tourists looking for adventure can visit destinations alongside renowned adventurers, authors, photographers and filmmakers who have spent their lives traversing the globe. - Mackenzie ...

Erin Spencer was an undergraduate studying marine ecology when she got the news. Dizzy with excitement and ready to shout from the rooftops, Spencer ran to her mentor’s office. “I burst in and told ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. A version of the article below was originally published at HNN. Frederick Cook ...

If you’re sitting around your bedroom staring at a map and crying over your unmarked bucket list; SNAP OUT OF IT! I know, I know, wanderlust hurts; it kind of eats away at your soul until you finally ...

Scientists discovered a lost 118-year-old painting by one of Britain's most famous explorers in Antarctica. The scientists from New Zealand stumbled on the painting in a historic hut on the continent.

Scientists accidentally discovered a 118-year-old painting in Antarctica. They stumbled upon the artifact while journeying the continent's far east side. The watercolor painting of a tiny bird, ...