Though mostly gone now, these hamlets remind us that New Orleans, a riverine and deltaic city, may also be considered a coastal ... the Colonial French would establish their Fort St. John.

The ruins of a Roman city were recently unearthed in the French countryside ... month archaeological excavation in Avranches — a coastal commune in Normandy — which sits atop the remains ...

Once known to house the top echelons of the British Government, the Fort ... ruins. Built in 1725, the two-storey colonial style structure, which was the scene of frequent battles between the ...