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The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset
Seven hundred years ago, William Tell shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head and launched the struggle for Swiss independence. Or did he?
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Spectators braved all manner of discomfort—from oppressive heat to incessant badgering by vendors—to witness ancient Greece's ultimate pagan festival
An exhibition of ancient Maya art points up the opulence and violence of the great Mesoamerican civilization
After decades of intense research, the ancient ruins of Mexico and Central America are yielding new insights into the pre-Columbia culture
After the Revolutionary War, ships from a little Massachusetts seaport brought the new nation wares from China and the mysterious East
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One hundred fifty years ago, the Kansas-Nebraska Act set the stage for America's civil war
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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An artifact from the doomed ocean liner evokes that catastrophic night in April 1912
A Vietnam War protester recalls a seminal '60s image, part of a new book celebrating French photographer Marc Riboud's 50-year career
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From our archives: How the republic’s troubled history set the stage for future discord and a possible new Cold War
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Retracing the route of captured American and Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in World War II, the author grapples with their sacrifice
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior's honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
Priceless wisdom that changed my life
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Smithsonian's wide-ranging mummy collection still speaks to us from centuries past
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing's Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada's Tories still raise their tankards to King George
Coming to terms with Shiite beliefs
For nearly a century, the nation's 15 million Shiite Muslims have been denied access to political power
A quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
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