201 – Tultepec: Mexico’s Skyrocket Central The small city of Tultepec, a suburb of Mexico City, specializes in the production of fireworks, supplying much of the...
202 – In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Chile’s Melting Pot Southern Chile is a land of forests, rivers, lakes, and volcanoes. It is also home to Native American and immigrant...
203 – The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon In the early 1920s, a small group of Japanese peasants received a land grant deep in the vast forests of...
204 – Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala’s Cultural Legacy Archaeologists have only recently begun to restore the important Maya city of Ceibal, situated along the Passion River deep in...
205 – Ice, Rock, and Water: The Sierra Nevada California’s Sierra Nevada is the largest and highest mountain range in the continental United States and, until recently, a geological...
206 – Fiesta in the Yucatán: Maya Traditions Each year on January 6, pilgrims travel to the ancient Maya city of Tizimín in the Yucatán peninsula to celebrate...
207 – Panama: A City and a Canal Panama City has been a pivotal shipping port for hundreds of years-over water and over land. Today it has become...
208 – Bahia: Brazil’s African Connection African-Brazilians provided Brazil with internationally renowned cultural symbols: samba and carnival. The center of African-Brazilian culture is the city of...
209 – Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone Hotspot Yellowstone National Park is our first, and one of the most visited national parks. In winter, access is limited, and...
210 – Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca The Chinantecan people of mountainous northern Oaxaca, Mexico, speak by whistling as well as by talking. We visit their isolated...
