301 – ABC Islands: The Dutch legacy in the Caribbean The last vestiges of the once-mighty Dutch empire live on in the Caribbean in the ABC Islands–Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao....
302 – Bahian Reconcavo of Brazil: Quilombos, Candomblé, and the Mata Atlântica Across the All Saints’ Bay from Brazil’s huge city of Salvador in Bahia state, the region known as the Reconcavo...
303 – Colombia: Capital and Coffee Bogotá, Colombia, is the nation’s capital and its social, cultural, and economic center. At 8,600 feet elevation, its air is...
304 – Sierra Nevada and the Making of California The mighty Sierra Nevada is our most important mountain range. It influences much of California’s weather and produces most if...
305 – Brazil’s Land of Sand Long stretches of Brazil’s northeast coast are lined with sand dunes, some of them the size of small mountains, some...
306 – Lake Superior: Circling the Sweet Water Ocean It’s the largest lake in the world, a body of fresh water so vast it creates its own climate and...
307 – Nicaragua- Land of the Shaking Earth Emerges For two hundred years Nicaragua suffered from the double insult of shaking earth—earthquakes and volcanic eruptions—and military and political interventions...
308 – Pernambuco: Brazil’s Other Carnival The Brazilian state of Pernambuco, about the size of Maine, is home to the megapolis of Recife, Brazil’s fifth largest...
309 – Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco Five hundred years ago Franciscan priests journeyed to the remote city of Cuetzalan in Puebla State. The region was fertile...
310 – Alaska: The Wilderness of the Volcanoes Two of Alaska’s vast national parks, Lake Clark and Katmai, have endured a heritage of volcanic explosions. Lake Clark is...
