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National Poetry Month

For any readers in April, happy National Poetry Month! It is an important month-long period where readers and writers alike can explore the wide world of poetry in all its forms, and become familiar…

National Animals of the World

Each country has a mammal or bird that is the emblem of that nation, so can you correctly identify each of these iconic national animals?

National Championship Game

Oklahoma Sooners (12-0)Florida State Seminoles (11-1)Orange Bowl Oklahoma and Florida State were ranked first and second, respectively, in the final Bowl Championship Series rankings (…

National Championship Game

Tennessee Volunteers (12-0)Florida State Seminoles (11-1)Fiesta Bowl Tennessee and Florida State were ranked first and second, respectively, in the final Bowl Championship Series rankings (…

National Championship Game

Florida State Seminoles (11-0)Virginia Tech Hokies (11-0)Sugar Bowl Florida State and Virginia Tech were ranked first and second, respectively, in the final Bowl Championship Series rankings…

National Championship Game

Miami Hurricanes (11-0) Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-1) Rose Bowl Miami and Nebraska were ranked first and second, respectively, in the final Bowl Championship Series rankings (…

Offbeat National Parks

Looking north over Biscayne Bay at an island (at left) and at mangroves that line the shoreline (at back).Yosemite and Yellowstone are the jewels of our national park system. But you can find plenty…

National Building Museum

Washington, D.C. Designed in 1887 by Montgomery C. Meigs photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the National Building Museum as one of…

Washington National Cathedral

Washington, D.C. Designed in 1990 by George Frederick Bodley and Henry Vaughan photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Washington…

Rio Treaty

(Encyclopedia) Rio Treaty (Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance), signed Sept. 2, 1947, and originally ratified by all 21 American republics. Under the treaty, an armed attack or threat of…