The historic aircraft—first to fly nonstop from New York to Paris—is lowered to the ground inside the Air and Space Museum
When MLK called for people to come to Selma, Detroit's Carl Benkert arrived with his tape recorder, making the indelible album "Freedom Songs"
Flops from a "knife and fork cleaner" to a "cholera belt" provide a curious look at life in 19th century England
Each year, admirers of the oft-neglected Founding Father gather for a multi-day birthday celebration ranging across Manhattan.
A lethal helping of foxglove seems to have triggered the downfall of a warlord of Verona
James Barker, a photographer from Alaska, shares his memories of documenting the famed event
During World War I, the powers that ran Montana sought any excuse to silence dissent
Usage is on the decline – so why are banks looking to the machines to save them?
From Georgia to Connecticut, Elvis' spirit lives on in unexpected places
Tutored in several European languages for hours on end and strapped to a steel rod for posture, Consuelo Vanderbilt's childhood was anything but easy
Here are the ten most popular installments of "Ask Smithsonian" this year
Blackbeard and his pirates rarely fought the merchant vessels they commandeered. Their secret? Pure intimidation
From weird red waterfalls to the pleasures of small-town America, these were the most read articles on Smithsonian.com this year
From a Charlie Chaplin comedy to a Mae West melodrama, plenty of controversial films have been pulled or even destroyed since the dawn of cinema
The National Archives holds a record with details of the downing of the former Olympian's B-24 bomber that left him lost at sea for 47 days
Author Molly Guptill Manning explains the importance of reading to the American victory
The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is touted as the world's longest running citizen science project—so what has it taught us?
A new video from the World Science Festival tells the story of this medical pioneer
A model of ancient water movement shows how trade practices might affect today's urban centers as the climate changes
One hundred and fifty years later, historians are discovering some of the earliest known cases of post-traumatic stress disorder
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