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President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned the double eagle in 1905. He later pronounced the gold piece to be “the best coin that has been struck for 2,000 years.”

Golden Grail

Few U.S. coins are rarer than the never circulated 1933 double eagle, melted down after the nation dropped the gold standard

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Robert Bullard

Environmental Justice Advocate

Peter Marra, with a cardinal.

Making History

Early Birds

Y.Z. Kami's portrait of an individual deep in meditation, exuding tranquility

What's Up

Library dining room of the Sir John Soane Museum

Europe's Small House Museums

Sir John Soane's Museum in London and other idiosyncratic house museums in Europe yield pleasures beyond their size

“I always see them as a world unto themselves,” says Crewdson of his photographs. “They exist in their own parameters.”

Gregory Crewdson's Epic Effects

The photographer uses movie production techniques to create "in-between moments." But you'll have to supply the story line

On the golf course, Montague would bet on anything, even if it involved equipment not usually found in a golf bag.

Montague the Magnificent

He was a golfing wonder, a dapper strongman and the toast of the Hollywood smart set—then his past caught up with him

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Moses at the Bat

In the Big Inning...

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Interview with Leigh Montville

The sportswriter discusses John Montague’s fabled antics and how the man changed golf

The drawing room of Sir John Soane’s Museum

Small House Museums

Details on visiting these unique institutions

Ulrich Boser

Ulrich Boser on “Diamonds in Demand”

Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet on “Small Wonders”

Paul Raffaele

Paul Raffaele on “Sharks”

David Roberts

David Roberts on “The Brink of War”

Babe Ruth, the star of Headin’ Home (1920)

Crowd Pleasers

Too good to be true?

On her final day as first lady, Betty Ford told Kennerly her idea for the Cabinet Room table.

Betty Ford's Tabled Resolution

Betty Ford had a what-the-hell moment—and an accomplice in photographer David Hume Kennerly

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June Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

A Mormon encampment in Provo, 1858

The Brink of War

One hundred fifty years ago, the U.S. Army marched into Utah prepared to battle Brigham Young and his Mormon militia

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

The whiskered auklet's plumage, joshua trees, squid beaks and more

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Wallace Broecker Geochemist, Palisades, New York

How to stop global warming? CO2 "scrubbers," a new book says

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