After more than a century on the bottom of Lake Superior, a sunken treasure of old-growth wood comes alive again
And the shag, a stylish Southern dance, was born and reborn along the Carolina coast
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With its colorful history and a touch of whimsy, the Renwick is a singular experience
A new exhibition explores the potent mystique of the Near East and its sway on American Art and Culture
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With nylon ropes and steely nerves, Project Bandaloop performs high above the crowds
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Not always. Money in America has gone from crops to bullion to greenbacks to electronic markers igniting political and economic crises along the way
A new pandemic imperils half the world. Scientists think they know what has to be done, but the disease continues to outsmart them
If hummingbirds were as big as ravens, it probably wouldn't be safe to go for a walk in the woods
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Rockwell Kent was a master of bucolic landscapes, but his contentious politics earned him the nickname
Israeli designer Doron Gazit has harnessed the wind to create immense visual surprises and a whole new form of art
In masterpieces of metal and wood, modern craftsmen revive a straight-shooting icon of the old frontier
The "Prairie Cinderella" who sculpted Lincoln and Farragut and set tongues wagging
When a handful of senior citizens revisit the school they attended years ago, they become children again
Eighty-six years ago the Serbian teenager shot an Archduke and set Europe on the road to World War I. Today he is all but forgotten
Aliens are tunneling through North America. Who'd have thought these earth tillers have a downside?
Every six months Smithsonian horticulturists give the Haupt Garden a makeover from the roots up
When it comes to speed and maneuverability, fish leave man-made submersibles floundering, but RoboTuna and friends may change all that
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