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Flower Child

A Vietnam War protester recalls a seminal '60s image, part of a new book celebrating French photographer Marc Riboud's 50-year career

A life vest from the Titanic.

Titanic Sank This Morning

An artifact from the doomed ocean liner evokes that catastrophic night in April 1912

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Towering Mysteries

Who built them and why? An amateur archaeologist tries to get to the bottom of some astonishing structures in Tibet and Sichuan Province, China

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Harriet Tubman

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Rescue Missions

Quests to Save a Tree... and a Country

Situated on the Atlantic migratory route, New Jersey ranks among the nation's top birding states. More than 450 species have been documented there, including, the marsh wren (above).

Birds of a Feather

Scores of teams battle for fame and glory in the no-holds-barred World Series of Birding

Vancouver has the fastest-growing residential population of any downtown in North America.

Vaunted Vancouver

Set between the Pacific Ocean and a coastal mountain range, the British Columbia city may be the ultimate urban playground

GRAND PRIZE WINNER Puerto Vallerta, Mexico • Photographed July 2003 "Just as I snapped the shutter," says Williams, a trumpet player, "this kid ran into the picture.... Wow! I knew I had something very special. It was almost spiritual like going up a stairway to heaven."

1st Annual Photo Contest Winners and Finalists

See the winning photos from our 2003 contest

Electric towing locomotives guide the Astral Ace through the Pedro Miguel Locks. Says lockmaster Dagoberto Del Vasto, who began as a janitor and has worked at the canal for 22 years, of Panama's four-year stewardship of it: "I am very, very, very proud."

Panama Rises

The Central American nation, now celebrating its centennial, has come into its own since the United States ceded control of its vital waterway

"These are my husband's friends. They went hunting one day and came back empty-handed.." - Jin Shenghua, 24 Xuehua village

Visions of China

With donated cameras, residents of remote villages document endangered ways of life, one snapshot at a time

The "Turkish Room" was created from pieces of the interior of a 19th-century Damascus mansion.

Doris Duke's Islamic Art Retreat

The Honolulu hideaway built by "the richest girl in the world" is now a museum showcasing her unique collection of Islamic art

Bubley (c. 1960) made wartime photos in Washington, D.C. (1943) on her own.

Private Eye

Noted for her sensitive photojournalism in postwar magazines, Esther Bubley is back in vogue

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Magic Wand

Clarinetist Artie Shaw's recordings recall the nostalgic power of the big-band sound

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Return of a Giant

A fully restored Vulcan—Birmingham, Alabama's 100-year-old statue— resumes it's rightful place in town

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No Chive Left Behind

Not since the launch of Sputnik has U.S. education seemed so ripe for reform

Japanese tank column advancing in Bataan

In Their Footsteps

Retracing the route of captured American and Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in World War II, the author grapples with their sacrifice

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Duel!

Defenders of honor or shoot-on-sight vigilantes? Even in 19th-century America, it was hard to tell

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War, Honor and...Cats

After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

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Osage Oranges Take a Bough

The first shipment of botanical specimens sent to President Jefferson contained the seeds of thousands of miles of fences

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The Epic of Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center symbolizes the heart of Manhattan

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