Historic Photo: Yonge Street Mall, Toronto, 1975.
Today one of Toronto's busiest intersections, this urban space was once a pedestrian mall back in the groovy 70s.
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Circle in the sand: reflecting on the summer of 2023.
How did the Great Fire of Moscow start?
Behind the Scenes: Manson, a Geographic History.
Where September 11 sits in history.
The Mad Baron of Mongolia: The bizarre bloody story of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.
Historic Painting: "Many Happy Returns" by William Powell Frith, 1856.
The Outer Garden
Historic Photo: Yonge Street Mall, Toronto, 1975.
Today one of Toronto's busiest intersections, this urban space was once a pedestrian mall back in the groovy 70s.
How did the Great Fire of Moscow start?
Historic Painting: "Many Happy Returns" by William Powell Frith, 1856.
Historic Photo: Cliff House, San Francisco, 1901, a lost building with a fascinating story.
23 minutes on Venus: the hellish voyage of Venera 7.
The Great Daylight Fireball of 1972.
The July Crisis of 1914: How the world lost control.
The Verge
Circle in the sand: reflecting on the summer of 2023.
The summer of 2023 has been full of disaster and pessimism, but there's also been some very good things about it.
Where September 11 sits in history.
The Mad Baron of Mongolia: The bizarre bloody story of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.
Hippies in space: A "Star Trek" episode in 1960s historical context.
Behind the Scenes: The Persian Gulf War, Explained.
The day after Hiroshima.
A late summer reflection on history, climate and the world.
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: Manson, a Geographic History.
My newest deep-dive video attempts to tell an old story from an environmental historian's angle.
All that sizzles: a geohistory of the great American steak houses.
Geography of murder: The Manson saga in space and time.
The New York City Draft/Race Riots and "Gangs of New York."
Watergate: a place haunted by history.
An unusual view of the Peter Iredale, Oregon's beloved shipwreck.
