This answer will give both the modern sense of a city and the classic definition as well. In modern times cities are founded by documents that incorporate them, while in older times cities were...
By America, am I safe in assuming that you mean the United States of America? If so, then the five oldest European occupied cities (there were Native American cities dating back to before European...
The oldest known tree was cut down in 1965 in Wheeler Peak, Nevada (Great Basin National Park). It was cut down by Mr. Donald Curry, a graduate student in geography, with the assistance of a local...