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Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Escape to explore the rare fynbos vegetation endemic to South Africa at Grootbos, on the western cape. Don’t miss the resort’s unique flower safari.

Museumgoers seemed surprised to learn about all the contributions from people of African descent because as they said, it is not taught in their history books. A portrait of Dom Miguel de Castro, the diplomat of Congo, is seen in the background. He was sent on diplomatic missions around the world, which were proof of the role African rulers played in the Atlantic trade network.

Pele Harman takes her students through a hula lesson at Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, the largest Hawaiian immersion school on the island of Hawaiʻi.

On September 10, 1923, a solar eclipse lasting three hours obscured 90 percent of the sunlight over Los Angeles. The watching crowd wore protective glasses but still risked their eyesight: Color or x-ray film filters visible light but offers no protection against the infrared and ultraviolet radiation that can irreversibly burn retinal nerves.

Cemeteries and camps of Afari nomads sit amidst lava flows partially buried in clay near the Awash River Delta in Ethiopia. This photo originally published in “A Photographer's Eye From the Sky.”

Camel Estuary in Cornwall hosts the annual Rock Oyster Festival, a yearly celebration of seafood and live music.

Soft silt along the riverbank reveals the paw print of a wolf on the prowl after floodwaters receded.

On the toe of Italy’s boot, you’ll find a coastline that’s every bit as dramatic as Amalfi, with an even more evocative name.