No British colonies. No American Revolution. Just a continent shaped by French influence in culture, politics, and power. The ripple effects would change the world.

A team of students from Syracuse University recently uncovered a treasure trove of 18th-century artifacts at the Crown Point ...

Explore what was the Louisiana Purchase. Check how this historic land deal doubled the US, its significant history, the vast ...

In addition to being the most photographed hotel in the world, the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, built by Canadian Pacific ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American ...

Colonialism’s legacy Colonial governments invested in infrastructure and trade and disseminated medical and technological knowledge.

The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian kitsch: Canadian-side Niagara Falls projected onto a wall; a Wall of Heroes ...

It Was America’s First English Colony. Then It Was Gone. Two decades before Jamestown, settlers arrived in what is now North Carolina. What happened to them is a mystery, but there are some clues.

Conflicts over land and territory will likely proliferate as the accelerating climate crisis collides with rising ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...

The map represents a flawed understanding of New World geography, such as picturing California as an island. Many maps of the Americas were produced during the period of exploration and colonial ...