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Rediscovering America tells the inspiring stories of forgotten, overlooked or misunderstood aspects of the US, flipping the script on familiar history, cultures and communities.

Minneapolis skyline (Credit: Getty Images)
Rediscovering America

The US city reclaiming its Native roots

By Alicia Erickson

Main Street sign in Locke, California
Rediscovering America

The US town built by and for Chinese people

By Pam & Gary Baker
Yosemite El Capitan and Half Dome
Rediscovering America

Yosemite's hidden Chinese American history

By Rachel Chang
Louisa Swain
Rediscovering America

The travelling grandma who forever changed the US

By Lina Zeldovich
Sign of Fort Mose that reads Walkway to Freedom
Rediscovering America

The US' surprising original Underground Railroad

By Lina Zeldovich
An African cleansing ceremony at Fort Monroe, VA
Rediscovering America

The unsung birthplace of Black American culture

By Patrice Worthy
Mural of Major Taylor
Rediscovering America

America's first Black global sports superstar

By Robert Isenberg
Phillis Wheatley: The unsung Black poet who shaped the US (Credit: Paul Matzner/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The Black poet who defied the US

By Robin Catalano
Miami Circle is a 2,700-year-old Indigenous site that has been called "America's Stonehenge" (Credit: AFP/Stringer/Getty Images)
Rediscovering America

The US city with a hidden past

By Carolina Drake
A bodega in New York City
Rediscovering America

The small shops that run NYC

By Pierina Pighi Bel
Matilda Joslyn Gage: The suffragist who defied the US government (Credit: Laura Byrne Paquet)
Rediscovering America

The woman who defied the US government

By Laura Byrne Paquet
Druid Heights: The US' hidden LGBTQ+ community (Credit: wayfarerlife photography/Getty Images)
Rediscovering America

The LGBTQ+ landmark almost no one knows

By Melanie Haiken
Sir Lancelot Jones: The Black farmer who inspired a US park (Credit: Constance Mier/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The Black farmer who inspired a US park

By Karuna Eberl
King David La'amea Kalākaua: The first king to travel around the world (Credit: Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg 11+/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The only US city with a royal residence

By Wendy Awai-Dakroub
The Kentucky Derby's forgotten Black past (Credit: Thomas Kelley/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

The true story of the Kentucky Derby

By Tracey Teo
Matthew Henson: The US' unsung Black explorer (Credit: Nelly George/Alamy)
Rediscovering America

Who really discovered the North Pole?

By Robert Isenberg

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