In 1950, the Pirano family embarked on a daring 4,500-mile drive from Cape Girardeau to Fairbanks, Alaska, enduring extreme ...

In “Uncommon Weather,” Homer author Richard Chiappone finds a deeply human Alaska, where the true struggles of survival in ...

Throughout the 1970s and '80s, playwright Sam Shepard was American theater’s tough guy. He fooled around with punk poet Patti ...

An unusual phone call in 1992 left Linda May and her family curious for years. The operator asked, “Will you accept a collect call from Italy?” A family member who answered told the operator they ...

An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant Wisconsin teen, who police believe is with the 40-year-old man who impregnated ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

Even at the milestone age of 106, Arnita Bennett Smith is still taking care of herself with little need for help.

If you want to learn about the Alaskan gold rush by train, the 'Scenic Railway of the World' is the perfect place to start.

Oregon-related jokes have popped up on "Saturday Night Live" over the years, though they probably won't get much attention as ...

When two schoolteachers living in Point Lay, Alaska, decided to try heading home in a blizzard, they nearly loose their way ...

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

Preferring cozy small towns over crowded cities, this generation is seeking out vacations that evoke the "laid-back vibes of classic small town life," Bennett said. A stock image of the view ...