Destinations
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Morgan Island: The Unusual History of South Carolina’s Monkey Island
How rhesus macaques reached Morgan Island, why its breeding colony supplies research labs, and what its closed shoreline protects.
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Reunion Island Through Volcanoes: The Geology That Shaped a French Island in the Indian Ocean
Explore Réunion’s volcanic landscape through its vast cirques, coastal lava flows and the 350-metre collapse of Dolomieu Crater in 2007.
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Midway Island: Why This Tiny Atoll Became a Turning Point in Pacific History
Explore how Midway’s airfield, position and code-breaking shaped the 1942 carrier battle, and what survives within its protected wildlife refuge.
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Kwajalein Marshall Islands: Atoll Geography, War History, and the Legacy of U.S. Missile Testing
How Kwajalein’s vast lagoon became a battlefield and missile-testing site, reshaping access to land and everyday life on nearby Ebeye.
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Kelleys Island: Glacial Grooves, Limestone, and the Geological Story of Lake Erie
Explore how ice, meltwater and quarrying shaped Kelleys Island’s glacial grooves, cut deep into limestone containing Devonian marine fossils.
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Hatteras Island and the Outer Banks: How Wind, Water, and Storms Built a Barrier Island
Explore how storms, shifting sand and rising seas reshape Hatteras Island, and why protecting its shoreline can complicate its future.
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Easter Island Heads: How the Moai Were Carved, Moved, and Given Meaning on Rapa Nui
Explore how Rapa Nui communities carved and moved the moai, what the ancestral statues meant, and what unfinished figures reveal.
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Nikumaroro Island Kiribati: The Harsh Ecology and Enduring Mysteries of a Remote Atoll
Why did green Nikumaroro prove so difficult to inhabit? Explore its freshwater limits, abandoned settlement and disputed Earhart evidence.
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Uruk: Why This Mesopotamian City Matters in the Story of the First Cities
Explore how Uruk became an early city through monumental building, organized labor and clay records that helped transform accounting into writing.
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Daufuskie Island and the Persistence of Gullah Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry
How Daufuskie Island’s boat-only geography helped Gullah culture endure through slavery, emancipation, oyster work, and change.