What are fireworks and how are fireworks made? Most credit the Chinese and the invention of gunpowder with the discovery of fireworks. Explore the history of fireworks.

Jul 22, 2008 - Jeremy Perkins

Celebrations across the United States are to honor America. Many choose to celebrate at parades and community events with fireworks and friends.

Jun 30, 2010 - Lara Johns

Southern England offers dazzling fireworks in interesting places for tourists and locals alike. Plan a memorable experience for your family.

Sep 11, 2008 - Helen McCarthy

Visit Big Sky Country this Independence Day to celebrate freedom, or visit Wyoming's Old West, to discover rodeos, parades, costume contests and fireworks displays.

Jun 6, 2008 - Aurae Beidler

What are fireworks and how they work.

Jan 20, 2011 - Hannah Miller

Produced by The Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, this annual summer event transforms the sky into a light-filled palette over English Bay.

Jul 17, 2010 - Kathryn Hatashita-Lee

What better place to celebrate Independence Day than Philadelphia, the birthplace of the American flag? Check out the many July 4 celebrations in the area.

Jun 23, 2010 - Joanne LaSpina

Bravo TV's Top Chef "bad boy" Marcel Vigneron leaves his fellow cheftestants in the dust as he stars in his very own TV series on the Syfy network

Mar 7, 2011 - Kay Wiermaa

Why do people love fireworks? Why did London burn almost £2m on them in 2011 to outdo Sydney's pyrotechnic display? They're a sign of potency!

Jan 4, 2011 - David Porter

Natural cold weather adaptations of wild birds could not save them from fireworks. Birds dropped dead fleeing in mass hysteria from loud noises and lights.

Jan 6, 2011 - Julia Adamson

Calgary's night skies, arts and multicultural scene will be filled with vibrant colors August 20 - 28, 2010 for the 8th Annual Globalfest.

Aug 19, 2010 - Rhona-Mae Arca

The conspiracy to blow up James I, his court and the Houses of Parliament ended in failure, torture and grisly execution for the would-be Catholic terrorists.

Oct 2, 2009 - Jeffrey Baxter

Although the nation has celebrated July 4th since the end of the 18th Century, the holiday has been frequently transformed to address contemporary national issues.

Jun 20, 2009 - Michael Streich

As she slid down the slipway on February 10, 1906, few realised the role the British battleship Dreadnought was to play in the shaping of the world for the next century.

Jan 26, 2009 - Rob Jackson

Set on the Paraná river, Argentina's lesser-known city of Rosario is known as both the Cradle of the Flag and City of Open Doors. But why?

Dec 23, 2007 - Monica Guy

In the 19th century, sailing stopped being synonymous with trade and transport and became a leisure activity. Cowes on the Isle of Wight took up the challenge.

Feb 5, 2010 - Jan Toms

Bastille Day is the French national holiday celebrated on July 14th. Bastille Day celebrates the storming of La Bastille prison by French peasants in 1789.

Jul 14, 2010 - Clayton Browne

Brilliantly coloured, dazzlingly diverse and easy to grow, these charming South African plants are cheap, cheerful and long lived.

Mar 2, 2012 - Peter Ashby