Monthly Archive: December 2019

 

The best photography of 2019

By Rich Haridy – To celebrate the coming new year, we have hand-picked a selection of the most spectacular photographs of 2019. This “best of the best” gallery gathers our favorite images from the greatest photo contests of the last twelve months, from head-spinning …

The US island that once belonged to Russia

Unalaska Island in the remote Aleutian archipelago was part of an epic, but now mostly forgotten, military campaign during World War II. By John Zada – A remote outpost   Situated where the northern Pacific Ocean meets the Bering Sea, the remote US …

The US island that speaks Elizabethan English

Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina to create the only American dialect that is not identified as American. By Brian Carlton – (This year, we published many inspiring and amazing stories that made us …