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Few foods feel more American than the hot dog, a mainstay at ballparks, street carts and Fourth of July barbecues. But what is the perfect American hot dog?

Some of these tunes are by homegrown heroes; other picks are just great songs that mention a state or happen to be set there or that evoke the place in some special way. Our list has rock classics, ...

Tourism is down. Can Grand Canyon still draw crowds, despite higher travel costs and $100 nonresident fee? We spoke to ...

Take a journey across Iowa to visit landmarks of the most notable and influential Iowans, from Herbert Hoover to Grant Wood to Carrie Chapman Cat.

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We were encouraged to say the Civil War was a fight over states’ rights, that some people thought it was about the South’s self-determination, and that some people thought it was about slavery. We ...

We know the story of America’s founding. It started at Jamestown in 1607 with the first permanent English colony, then moved ...