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March 2006

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Features

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Everglades

The nation's storied wetland is the focus of the world's largest environmental restoration project. But will that be enough?

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Edvard Munch: Beyond The Scream

Though the Norwegian artist is known for a single image, he was one of the most prolific, innovative and influential figures in modern art

Secrets of the Range Creek Ranch

Archaeologists cheered when Waldo Wilcox's spread was deeded to the state of Utah, believing that it holds keys to a tribe that flourished - then vanished

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Continental Crossroads

East greets West as Hungary's history-rich capital embraces the future

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Bone Voyage

On assignment with Europe's most peripatetic canine

The Frauenkirche of Dresden at Neumarkt in 2009

Dresden's Crowning Glory

Sixty years after it was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing, the reconstructed Baroque Frauenkirche once again dominates the historic city's skyline

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Ben Franklin Slept Here

The ingenious founding father's only surviving residence, in London, is reborn as a museum

Highlights & Hot Spots

Departments

Indelible Images

The Power of Prayer

A news photographer in India captures a devotional moment that goes back a thousand years

Points of Interest

The Best and Brightest

A small museum illuminates Las Vegas' past by restoring the city's classic neon signs

The Object at Hand

Ray Charles' Fusion of Gospel and Blues Changed the Face of American Popular Music

A visionary virtuoso, Charles made brilliance look easy

Digs

Spain Makes a Stand

After more than 400 years, a fort built by conquistadors in the Carolinas has finally been found

Phenomena & Curiosities

City Slinkers

Why are coyotes, those cunning denizens of the plains and rural west, moving into urban centers like Chicago and Washington DC?

Editor's Note

Have Canine, Will Travel

Our fur-flung correspondents in dogged pursuit

From the Secretary

Field Trip!

Education experts help children, their teachers, parents and grandparents get the most out of a museum visit - real or virtual

Wild Things

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

This Month in History

March Anniversaries

Momentous or merely memorable

Books

Review of 'The Worst Hard Time'

The untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl

The Last Page

Global Wording

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