Margaret Crane says it was a simple idea, but it met with enormous push back
Alice Roosevelt's 1905 journey to Japan, Korea and China is documented in rare photographs held by the Freer and Sackler Galleries
This fall, a one-woman show staged in one of Washington, D.C.’s most historic buildings will recall the sorrow of the Civil War
When modern dance collides with science and space history, the result can be a great leap forward
The surprising new species Homo naledi raises more questions than answers—for now
An unforgettable—but not timeless—walk down the aisle from the archives of the now defunct Priscilla of Boston's Bridal Shop
In ancient Japan, battle was typically reserved for male samurai. That all changed when Takeko Nakano and her sister, Yuko, decided to fight for their clan
Historian Michael Landis writes that vocabulary like “compromise” or “Union” shape how we view our past
The famous aviator’s biography is incomplete without the story of how the aviator worked to perfect his glass-chambered perfusion pump
One Jewish woman’s personal story reveals what it took to elude capture in Nazi Germany
Amadeo Giannini, a first-generation American, founded the Bank of Italy, which would later become one of the world's largest commercial banks
In restoring the Athabaskan name to the country’s highest mountain, President Obama is among those who have wrestled with the issue
St. Augustine, Florida, was the first city founded by European settlers in North America
Mamie Till Mobley's decision for her slain son's ceremony was a major moment in Civil Rights history.
Here are seven of the most interesting historic stops along California's scenic highway
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
From inside stone palaces and atop sacred mountaintops, the Inca dead continued to wield incredible power over the living
Alexander Gardner’s photographs of Civil War corpses were among the first to play to the uncomfortable attraction humans have for shocking images
The book that makes us ooh and ahh, and squirm in our seats is more than 65 years old
In the 1950s and 1960s, Don Herbert broadcast some of the most mesmerizing, and kooky, science experiments from his garage
The Smithsonian, home to the Jarvik 7 and a host of modern chest-pumping technologies, has a lot of (artificial) heart
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