The Finnish historian Pekka Hamalainen, in Oxford, England. His book “Indigenous Continent” describes a “four-centuries-long war,” in which Native Americans “won as often as not.” ...

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North America's "broken heart," it is filled with solidified magma and lava.