Learning more about
North America
Hula, or Hawaiian Dance, is how the ancient Hawaiians passed along stories and legends of their culture.
On Sept. 7, 1927, Philo T. Farnsworth transmitted the first all-electronic television picture in a San Francisco loft, and the television was born.
Golden Gate Park, which is actually larger than Central Park in New York, was created in 1870 by urban planners who thought that San Franciscans of the future might feel overcrowded and need a haven from urban chaos.
Yosemite, meaning full-grown grizzly bear, was the name of a native tribe occupying the valley when white people first arrived.
The favorite of experienced rock climbers, El Capitan rises almost 3,000 feet above the valley floor and is the largest monolith of granite in the world.
