It is known as a great military blunder, but in fact this stout network of ingenious bunkers did what it was designed to do
Across time and distance, these colorful emblems fluttering in the breeze are symbols steeped in our history and our cultures
A patriarch of flight, Paul Garber devoted his Smithsonian career to the preservation of historic aircraft
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Controversies like those swirling around the FDR Memorial are the rule when Americans try to agree on anything to be cast in bronze
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Under the stewardship of scholars Diderot and d'Alembert, the 18th-century's Encyclopédie championed fact and freedom of the intellect
After 300 years, the wreck of a beautiful French ship in Texas yields clues and treasure from a bold explorer's last voyage
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Cashless, we carried on with nothing to fear but fear itself; by the time FDR opened them again, something called the New Deal was hard upon us
A bejeweled box from a sorely beset emperor leads to a Yankee dentist, and how he rescued the beautiful empress Eugénie from a Paris mob
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Founded more than a century ago, the American Colony in Jerusalem has endured hardships, wars, upheaval, and the ebb and flow of empires
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Heading north for the pole, the Jeannette was frozen fast for 21 months, then sank; for captain and crew, that was the easy part
A war crimes tribunal sent forensic scientists to investigate mass graves in the former Yugoslavia. What happened there?
As financial demands soar, the Institution seeks corporate dollars while safeguarding its integrity
Tucked into an Elgin, Illinois, office building, Ralph Muchow's Historical Radio Museum houses the world's foremost antique collection
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Serpent of the Nile? Learned ruler? Sex Kitten? Ambitious mom? African queen? History is still toying with the poor lady's reputation
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The public television team put theories to the test to uncover the secrets of how the ancient Egyptians moved and raised the giant blocks
Westward the corsair of England's empire made his way, plundering Spain for Queen and country; now modern moralists are nibbling at his fame
Flirting, scale modeling, putting on the dog through the ages, the device has been used for a lot more than dental hygiene
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The free-spirited author George Sand scandalized 19th-century Paris when she defied convention and pioneered an independent path for women
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