Articles

Aaron Douglas, Aspiration, 1936, oil on canvas.

What's Up

Searching for new ways of seeing, Homer settled in Cullercoats, England, where he created heroic views of his neighbors (Four Fishwives, 1881) in watercolor.

Hidden Depths

Winslow Homer took watercolors to new levels. A Chicago exhibition charts the elusive New Englander's mastery

Winslow Homer

Beneath the Surface

A high-tech investigation helps explain Winslow Homer's staying power

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On the Job: Choreographer

Choreographer Lori Belilove pays homage to Isadora Duncan, the mother of contemporary dance

Lunt Harbor, looking toward the mountains of Acadia National Park

The Life and Times of a Maine Island

An excerpt from a history of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine's last remaining year-round island communities

View of the National Mall

Washington, D.C.

A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C.

How one Frenchman’s vision became our capital city

A Parisian Ball - dancing at the Marbille, Paris. Drawn by Winslow Homer.

“No More Long Faces”

Did Winslow Homer have a broken heart?

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May Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

Brontosaurus skeleton sketch

Where Dinosaurs Roamed

Footprints at one of the nation's oldest—and most fought over—fossil beds offer new clues to how the behemoths lived

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Goodbye, Columbus

A new survey upends the conventional wisdom about who counts in American history

An American alligator

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

America's oldest primate, ocean dead zones and alligator lungs

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Who's Laughing Now?

Long maligned as nasty scavengers, hyenas turn out to be protective parents and accomplished hunters

Dr. Murray operates on one of the Zoo’s gorillas.

On the Job: Zoo Veterinarian

Suzan Murray talks about making house calls at the nation’s zoo

Author Joan Acocella

My Kind of Town: New York

Why do New Yorkers seem rude? A noted critic and essayist has a few ideas

Death Valley, CA

Points of Interest

Notable American Destinations and Happenings

Mount Desert Island, where hikers trek and ponds beckon has long attracted visitors. “From our elevation,” wrote painter Frederic Church in 1850, “we had the whole of the seaward part of the island at our feet.”

Acadia Country

Anchored by the spectacular national park, the rugged, island-dotted coastal region of Maine distills the down east experience

The pueblo perches on a 365-foot mesa. In 1892, reporter Charles Lummis called the site “so unearthly beautiful...it is hard for the onlooker to believe himself...upon this dull planet at all.”

Ancient Citadel

At least 1,200 years old, New Mexico's Acoma Pueblo remains a touchstone for a resilient indigenous culture

“My imagination runs away with me,” says Mozert (in an undated photograph). His underwater stills shaped the image of Silver Springs for more than four decades.

The Life Aquatic with Bruce Mozert

When the photographer gazed into the crystalline waters of Silver Springs, Florida, in 1938, he saw nothing but possibilities

Young guests and living history staffers unload hay.

Back to the Frontier

At Conner Prairie, Indiana, living history is the main event

Cypress swamps along Natchez Trace

End of the Road

In the 1800s, travelers along the perilous forest trail known as the Natchez Trace called it the "Devil's Backbone"

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