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Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.

Washington, D.C.

Real Places Behind Famously Frightening Stories

Discover old haunts that inspired thrills and chills in fiction and film

Hazel Scott captivated audiences with her renditions of classical masterpieces by Chopin, Bach and Rachmaninoff.

Hazel Scott’s Lifetime of High Notes

She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries

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The History of Health Food, Part 3: The Birth of Dieting

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Brian Jungen Show Opens at American Indian Museum

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How Do Male Butterflies Know Which Cradles to Rob?

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Darwinopterus, a Transitional Pterosaur

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Early Bird Archaeopteryx Grew More Like A Dinosaur

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Caption Writing Contest #6: Winner Revealed

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Report from British Cheese Festival: Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Too Much Cheese

Smithsonian Surprising Science blogger Sarah Zielinski, discusses a recent visit to the Great British Cheese Festival. We are officially jealous

Smithsonian Institution Building, "The Castle"

Dan Brown’s Smithsonian: Fact or Fiction?

ball pythons

Five Giant Snakes We Should Worry About

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Dama Gazelle Born at the National Zoo

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The History of Health Food, Part 2: Medieval and Renaissance Periods

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The Impossibility of Avoiding Darwin on my Vacation

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Traces of Earth Shakers and Tiny Feet

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Congressman Sam Johnson Receives National Patriot Award

Everything that lives on the Galapagos Islands now flew in on the wind, rode a freak current, or floated on a raft of vegetation.

Top Ten Places Where Life Shouldn't Exist... But Does

Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth

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Weekday Events: Book Signing, Panamanian Music, Pinball, and Artist Brian Jungen

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Weekend Events: Latino Art, the Art of Postage Stamps and a Classical Concert

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The Art of the Aluminum Can

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