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The Franklin tree or lost camellia tree (Franklinia alatamaha) is an unusually attractive tree, once native only to Georgia. Today, this tree is extinct in the wild, but is still

Red-flowered bee balm (Monarda didyma L) is a long-blooming perennial which is easily grown in any garden soil. It will achieve heights of 3- to 4-feet or mo

It’s a flower; It’s an herb; It’s bee balm

Red-flowered bee balm (Monarda didyma L.) is a long-blooming perennial which is easily grown in any garden soil.

For more than 200 years, hurricanes were the jokers of American history, wild cards deciding winners and losers among Europeans warring over crucial beachheads on the Atlantic coast. In the

Since the beginning of science itself, women have been at the forefront of discovery.

Women in science have always faced sexist challenges, and many have been forgotten by history. But since the beginning of science itself, women have been at

In 1838, a black man fled Virginia and settled near Marion until an alleged slaveholder demanded he be jailed. His trial caused quite a scene.

Joel Poinsett, the ambassador to Mexico during the John Quincy Adams administration, brought the poinsettia to the United States in the 1820s.

Danny Rapp, the man who first sang “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay” and “At The Hop” stumbled and fell after stardom faded