An international bestseller, Erich Maria Remarque's <em>All Quiet on the Western Front</em> was banned and burned in Nazi Germany
The British remember William Howe De Lancey, an American friend to the Duke of Wellington, as a hero for the role he played in the 1815 clash
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's most beloved properties, Taliesin, was inspired by Wisconsin's natural beauty. But its history is mired in tragedy
From the mild-mannered Danes to crazed soccer fans, people all over the world go nuts for their national colors
In a world before the printing press, how did news of the famous document make the rounds?
Photographer Sam Faulkner shoots a portrait series that gives a face to the more than 200,000 soldiers who fought in the historic conflict
When German U-boat Commander Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the Lusitania, he didn't know it would be the shot that eventually led the U.S.
New sampling methods yielded cells and fibers from relatively ordinary fossils, broadening the possibilities for paleontology
Soar over Chicago and back through the city's violent past. Illinois is the final state to be captured in Smithsonian Channel's "Aerial America" series
When it was time to suit up for work, politics or social engagements, Claire McCardell's fans embraced her chic, but comfortable style
One hundred years after the birth of the brand, the Corning Museum of Glass pays homage to America's favorite dish
The horned dinosaur wears a built-in crown and offers evidence of many more undiscovered species in North America
The rarely seen, one-of-a-kind 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, which recently sold for a whopping $9.5 million, gets its public debut
A grassy area studded with hulking, 2,000-year-old jars provides a surreal sight as well as an archeological puzzle
Smithsonian Channel's popular Aerial America series has filmed its 50th and final state
At Dockery Farms, the original bluesmen created a sound that would become legendary
In 1794, the Portuguese slave ship São José wrecked with 400 slaves aboard; iron ballast and a wooden pulley from that ship will come to Washington, D.C.
Whether it’s the former home of a national icon or an extravagant estate in Europe, the sharing economy offers the chance to go back in time for a night
We ask David Bruce Smith, founder of the Grateful American Foundation, how we can fix this problem
A 430,000-year-old skull discovered in a Spanish cave bears evidence of deliberate, lethal blunt force trauma
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