Twenty miles south of Denver, the jumble of red rocks known as the Fountain Formation includes an outcropping that looks remarkably like George Washington's profile. The resemblance is so ...

In December 2016 a large lava delta formed by Kilauea volcano sank into the sea, exposing the mouth of a lava tube. A lava delta is created when molten rock reaches ... size of Washington, D.C ...

Twice in recent years Nyiragongo's eruptions have sent molten rock flowing toward the city. In 1977 lava raced down the mountain at more than 60 miles an hour, the fastest ever observed.

If Northern Corridor Highway approval goes away, development will come to prime Mojave desert tortoise land, according to ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his ...

Susannah George is The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, based in Dubai, where she leads coverage of the oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf and their neighbor, Iran. She previously spent ...

The PGA Tour is making a stop this week in Utah for the first time in more than 60 years with a tournament at an upscale resort among the red rocks outside St. George. The inaugural Black Desert ...

which was part of Washington's dining marquee during the Revolutionary War, is now on display at a museum in Philadelphia ...