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The African Jamestown
Virginia and Liberia have been inextricably tied for almost 200 years. Blacks from Virginia helped to build and lead the colony that became Liberia. And now, after 20 years of violence, Virginia churches are assisting the African nation’s recovery effort.
August 23, 2010 by Tricia Pearsall in History
Seismic Siberia
Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, at the eastern edge of Siberia, is home to 160 volcanoes, at least 30 of them active. This is our Earth at its most raw—bubbling, violent and utterly mesmerizing.
August 9, 2010 by Tricia Pearsall in Far out
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Andean Magic
Machu Picchu is magical, but there is more to do in Peru’s majestic mountain chain—namely, make the Ausangate Trek, up and around one of South America’s highest peaks, where you can see glaciers, alpaca herds and the indigenous Quechua people.
November 18, 2009 by Tricia Pearsall in Far out
A River ‘Lorax’
Trip Jennings works to promote global conservation by running wild, unexplored waterways in his kayak. By Tricia Pearsall • Photography by Matt Fields-Johnson
August 14, 2009 by Tricia Pearsall in Sporting
