Our politics encourage it, there's a high tolerance of failure, and we idealize the lone inventor
Artist John Grade painstakingly built a 150-year-old giant hemlock out of half a million blocks of reclaimed wood
Stick man Patrick Dougherty’s sculptures evoke a playful urge to crawl inside
Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo traveled the world to capturing these surprisingly elegant structures
The artist's looming installation recalls the volcanic fairy chimneys of Turkey’s Cappadocia region
The artist’s highly imaginative waterway was created using satellite imagery from NASA
In a new exhibition, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta shows how Iris van Herpen started a high-tech movement
With much love for the insect world, artist Jennifer Angus crafts an installation made entirely out of beetles, cicadas, katydids and weevils
There’s way more to it than just screwing in the bulb and the museum’s chief lighting designer is turning it into an artform
Take a trip around the world with these breathtaking images of nature
Before the renovation, Nicholas Bell asked nine artists to tour the building and think deeply about public spaces dedicated to art
When the newly renovated museum reopens this month, one of Washington D.C.’s most storied buildings will be elegantly reborn
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, view works from the master photographer’s 70-year career
With state-of-the-art projection imagerie, acclaimed filmmaker Stanley J. Nelson's 3D video transformed the museum for three nights in November
How innovations in the craft brewing industry have changed (and improved) our taste in beer
Two farmers with different viewpoints talk about organic farming, GMOs and farm technology
No one really knows the true motives of the character central to one of America's greatest secrets
A new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt in New York City draws on the rich backstory of what it takes to give computer-animated life to pen and ink sketches
A group of international mid-century artists built a number of kinetic experiments into their abstract art
The National Portrait Gallery’s new show on the Civil War photographer rediscovers the full significance of Gardner's career
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