Alabama’s white cliffs aren’t just great scenery. They’re also a window into what Alabama was like during the time of the dinosaurs and why the Black Belt region is the way it is today.

These stunning white chalk cliffs have drawn people, especially artists, such as Claude Monet and Guy de Maupassant, to the area for eons. The cliffs are often compared to the famous White Cliffs ...

Millions of years earlier than the white cliffs of Dover formed, a similar thing happened in the Midwestern United States. The chalk beds found around the borders of lakes in parts of the Midwest ...

The chalk cliffs are where Britain’s border juts most dramatically from the surface of the earth—and yet, only 21 miles from the European continent, they are also where the nation’s island ...