Going beyond the usual soft drinks, some bars and restaurants are starting to get creative with their nonalcoholic beverages
Forget “Dixie,” it was one New Yorker’s “Home Sweet Home” that was the song most beloved by Union and Confederate soldiers
The future may look bleak for many Americans, but hope is always just around the corner
A collection of ancient Egyptian mummies—and new techniques for looking inside them—reveal new information about ancient Egpyt's spiritual beliefs
General Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army hero and leader of American forces in China in World War II, had a tangible impact overseas that you can visit today
The bird changes direction with its whole body
What's the use of setting your science-fiction family drama 85 million years in the past if you're not going to highlight some of the local fauna?
Francois Abelanet's extraordinary turf "sculpture" on a Paris plaza epitomizes a grand tradition of artful illusion
In his photographs, now on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Jeffrey Milstein bares the bellies of airplanes
Susan B. Anthony said bicycling "emancipates women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel"
A Holocaust survivor's story is told through a visually stunning new exhibition of fabric art at the S. Dillon Ripley Center
The traveling science laboratory launched successfully on Saturday and is scheduled to touch down on the red planet in August 2012
Scientists are testing drugs that can sharpen our brain. But will they give some people an unfair advantage?
D'oh! Homer and the gang meet up with some scary dinosaurs
Take a guided tour of the Postal Museum, celebrate an opera composer, attend a poetry performance and mingle at the Natural History Museum at night
Blume will receive a John P. McGovern Award from Smithsonian Associates Monday evening at the Ripley Center
In honor of Thanksgiving Day, we present a wide array of feasts found in the Smithsonian's art collections
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