Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet is a contributing writer for Smithsonian magazine, a regular contributor to the New York Times and WSJ Magazine, and the author of six books including ¡Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel and the Improbable Revolution that Changed World History,The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games and Napoleon's Privates: 2500 Years of History Unzipped. Follow him on Instagram @TonyPerrottet.

John Ford, who filmed westerns in the valley (the Mittens and Merrick Butte), called it the "most complete, beautiful and peaceful place on earth."

Behind the Scenes in Monument Valley

The vast Navajo tribal park on the border of Utah and New Mexico stars in Hollywood movies but remains largely hidden to visitors

Library dining room of the Sir John Soane Museum

Europe's Small House Museums

Sir John Soane's Museum in London and other idiosyncratic house museums in Europe yield pleasures beyond their size

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Ghosts in the Sagebrush

Tumbledown structures recall dude ranching's heyday

This summer, one of Jackson Hole's most sublime wilderness parcels will finally open to the public.

Jewel of the Tetons

This summer, the Rockefellers are donating a final 1,106 acres, a spectacular parcel to be open to the public for the first time in 75 years

When completed, the Crazy Horse Memorial will dwarf neighboring Mount Rushmore.

Mt. Rushmore

With a Native American superintendent, the South Dakota monument is becoming much more than a shrine to four presidents.

Roman museums are among the most elegantly designed of any in the world and its archaeological sites are the most user-friendly.

The Glory That Is Rome

Thanks to renovations of its classical venues, the Eternal City has never looked better

The new Indian memorial.

Little Bighorn Reborn

With a new Indian memorial, the site of Custer's last stand draws descendants of victors and vanquished alike

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track.

No Bob Costas? Why the Ancient Olympics Were No Fun to Watch

Spectators braved all manner of discomfort—from oppressive heat to incessant badgering by vendors—to witness ancient Greece's ultimate pagan festival

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Journey to the Seven Wonders

Though only one of the ancient marvels still stands, they still engage our imagination—and launch a thousand tours—more than two millennia later

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