Peter O'Dowd

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of Meteor Crater is open for guided tours.

Ahead of the nation's 250th birthday, we asked people from across the country that question.

Jewel's new single is called "Upon Meeting the Goddess of Love."

The rise of violence against Jews around the world has made armed security guards at synagogues like Or Tzion in Scottsdale, Arizona, a common sight during of worship.

There’s a loneliness epidemic in America that’s hitting two generations especially hard: boomers and zoomers.

Those first stamps made it easier than ever to communicate, but early on people weren't quite sure how to use them.

Esther Phillips was a hugely popular teenage R&B singer who, in 1962, recorded the top-10 hit "Release Me."

The team at the New England Aquarium in Boston has created a “geriatric island” for their elderly penguin residents.

When federal money for child care ran out, Arizona stepped up.

On a reporting trip, Here & Now's Chris Bentley and Peter O'Dowd traversed the Blues Trail in Clarksdale, Mississippi.