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Among the 25,638 First World War soldiers who rest at the Vladslo German Military Cemetery is Peter Kollwitz, son of renowned German artist Käthe Kollwitz, who was killed at 18 years old on October 23, 1914 near Langemarck in Flanders. For nearly twenty years,...

The spire of Bezidu Nou/Bözödújfalu’s Catholic church, long visible above the waters of Bezid reservoir, became a symbol of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s attempts to “systematize” rural Transylvania, in part by destroying historically Hungarian and...

Over twenty named glaciers cover Mount Rainier, the highest point in Washington state at 14,411 feet above sea level and a conspicuous landmark in the western part of the state. Many routes and route variations await climbers of Mount Rainier, the majestic stratovolcano that can...