On the border of Virginia and North Carolina stretches a great, dismal swamp. The Great Dismal Swamp, actually — that’s the name British colonists gave it centuries ago. The swamp covers about 190 square miles today, but at its peak, before parts of it were drained and developed, it was around ten times bigger, spanning

Archaeologists have discovered secrets about America’s largest territory for runaway slaves. They lived in a secretive community deep inside the North

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge contains some of the most important wildlife habitat in the mid-Atlantic region. At near 113,000 acres, the refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast swamp that once covered more than one million acres.

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Far from being murky, boggy areas, the world's swamps, deltas, and wetlands are teeming with wildlife, fascinating landscapes, and their own unique cultures. Here are eight great swamps to visit, from Botswana’s Okavango Delta to Louisiana’s Atchafalaya.

The Great Dismal Swamp Virginia’s most haunted natural feature. The Great Dismal Swamp is one of the largest wilderness areas on the Eastern Seaboard. It...

John Henley photographed a series of beautiful and breathtaking images of the Great Dismal Swamp for our December 2011 feature "The Green Island." We published nine images in the magazine, but offer an expanded selection of 22 in this slideshow.

Bald cypress is an “evergreen” tree that is not evergreen! Like the leaves of hardwoods, its needles turn yellow in the fall and are shed. A tree associated with swamps, its impressive form also graces many public landscapes.

A Desolate Place for a Defiant People : npr.org "...some of the artifacts Sayers found, will be on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture when it opens in 2016."