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Curator-led Tours: Swagger and Tenderness

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As humans fiddle with the planets thermostat, scientists are piecing together Greenlands history by drilling ice cores to analyze how the climate crisis has impacted the island country over the

While you might not instantly think of this as a state filled with national parks, Oklahoma has an astonishing amount of places to discover.

On Sunday, a historic bell from the Civil War era rang in the New Year at the steps of D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial and plans were announced for a new 65-bell tower and community amphitheater in Southeast.

More than one thousand blankets arrived last week from all corners of the country for an installation in Washington, D.C.

We’ll revert to more cold weather later this winter — but that won’t make frozen ponds and lakes safe for recreational purposes like skating.

Freezing temperatures froze the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and some were tempted to strap on some skates and take to the ice. But – ice skating on the Reflecting Pool is not allowed, per the National Park Service. 

US emergency crews counted the grim costs of a colossal winter storm that brought Christmas chaos to millions, especially in hard-hit western New York, where the death toll reached 25 yesterday in what authorities described as a “war with mother nature.”

Over the weekend, the freezing temperatures tempted many people to ice skate at the Reflection Pool and post the experience on social media.