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Thou Shalt Not Underestimate Florence Nightingale

Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War

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Explosive!

A new theory takes aim at the mystery of what doomed the crew aboard the Hunley, the most famous—and lethal—submarine of the Civil War

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Beasts of the Northern Wild

Braving the Arctic winter to study fierce but elusive wolverines

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The Legend of Limberlost

A patch of Indiana wilderness fulfills the vision of an overlooked American naturalist, Gene Stratton-Porter

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Show of Patriotism

How the U.S. Government deployed Grandma Moses overseas in the Cold War

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Better Late

Zilia Sánchez has long been a creative force. Now she’s having her big moment—in her tenth decade

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Beauty and the Brand

A century before today’s celebrity health gurus, an American businesswoman made a fortune marketing herself

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Growth Industry

A turn-of-the-century hair-care magnate who shared her wealth gets the spotlight

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Jetting Into the Future

The unique design of an experimental Nazi aircraft has infatuated aviation enthusiasts for decades

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