Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "I love showing off Wyoming’s beautiful places. But there are a bunch of lesser-known odd ...

Born in 1844, Wong arrived in California at 16, working on the Transcontinental Railroad. It listed Wong ... Victor pulled out a map and pointed north. “I just knew that there was going to ...

One of America’s most unique ecological landmarks is disappearing. The Great Salt Lake, once the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, sticks out ...

Perched at 6,200 feet on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, this former silver mining boomtown refuses to surrender to time’s march, creating a sanctuary where stress seems as foreign as smartphones ...

Situated where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Admiralty Inlet, this former maritime powerhouse has transformed its rich ...

“The construction of the Transcontinental (Railroad) was the greatest engineering feat of the 19th century, and I’m very proud to have been a part of it,” Dodge said. “The dream of mine ...

It was the year when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law. That law authorized the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, which would connect the eastern ...

I’m taking a First Class train across the entirely of Australia. From the very North of Darwin all the way down to South Australia, and Adelaide. This is one of the world’s most iconic train journeys ...

The first Transcontinental Railroad was finished officially in 1869, and it connected the western and eastern United States. Supreme Court backs Republican lawmaker in Maine who was punished for ...

In 1872, their first map appeared in the company’s “Railroad Guide.” Theirs was the first American company to produce maps ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which led to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, slicing travel time across the continent ...

Regional Rail, an owner and operator of shortline freight railroads, has expanded its network by acquiring the Minnesota ...