History

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Smithson's Best Bet

Engraving of the Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall

Arctic Arsenic

Charles Francis Hall was murdered during an expedition that might have taken him to the North Pole decades before Peary. Or was he?

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Mr. Jefferson's Writing Box

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The Madness That Swept Miami

Political controversies have rocked Florida lately, but they can't compare with the hysteria unleashed during the land boom of the 1920s

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Funny Money

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The Dogs of War

There's a special quality in some dogs —call it loyalty, heroism or just plain courage— that comes alive under fire

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Inscribing the Word

At a scriptorium in Wales, calligraphers are applying medieval arts to create the 21st-century Saint John's Bible

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People of the Reindeer

Khanty reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia have fought cold weather and foreign incursions for centuries, but these people may not weather the storm

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Review of "Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light"

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Race for a Remedy

Retired from the track, thoroughbred First Flight served as a "factory" to produce botulism antitoxin

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The Liveliest Museum

King Arthur Flour Company

Baking Up a Business

At the King Arthur Flour Company, folks have helped us produce the perfect loaf of bread— since 1790

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Recollecting the Presidents

An election year exhibition proudly hails the chiefs

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Presidential Designs

Re-created at the Smithsonian, the White House's Cross Hall tells a tale of changing styles

George Gustav Heye

A Passionate Collector

A Lofty Tribute to Barns

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The Impossible Job

As Good as Gold?

Not always. Money in America has gone from crops to bullion to greenbacks to electronic markers — igniting political and economic crises along the way

Babe Ruth

A Fellow Can't Be Too Careful These Days

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Searching for Gavrilo Princip

Eighty-six years ago the Serbian teenager shot an Archduke and set Europe on the road to World War I. Today he is all but forgotten

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