Prohibitive laws like the 1917 Immigration Act barred many Asians from entering America. Cultural fears still determine who "deserves" to migrate.

Secession doesn't come from one event, but is borne of economic disparities, identity crises, legislative failure, and bad blood.

How did Niagara Falls become the Honeymoon Capital of the World?

Canada Day celebrates a country that, like so many in the world, is in fact a superimposition onto older lands and cultures.

Canada's new Prime Minister is the son of Pierre Trudeau, the most famous Canadian politician of the late 20th century.

Origins of the North American fur trade.

The beginnings of modern police work have roots in the colonial experience in Ireland.

In 2014, a Canadian team announced they had found the shipwrecks of John Franklin's lost 1845 expedition.