The center of the state is in Leake County, about 9 miles west-northwest of Carthage, according to USGS. Carthage calls itself the Center of Mississippi. Looking for the center of the U.S.? The answer ...

Wikimedia Commons/Boston Public Library The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens, GA Most trees belong to someone, but not this ...

Here’s a sample from a new list of climate-resilient, underused landscape trees suitable for urban environments, coming soon from University of Minnesota horticulturalists.