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Where Was the Birthplace of the American Vacation?
First in rustic tents and later in elaborate resorts, city dwellers took to the Adirondacks to explore the joys of the wilderness
The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick
The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning
The Shocking Savagery of America’s Early History
Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages
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New archaeological evidence and forensic analysis reveals that a 14-year-old girl was cannibalized in desperation
May 01, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
May 2013
| By Charlotte Gray
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
May 2013
| By Tony Horwitz
For a brief period in 1810, Florida was truly a country of its own
May 2013
| By William C. Davis
From corporate donations to workplace restrictions, what’s taught in the classroom has always been influenced by American industry
April 15, 2013
| By Dana Goldstein
Explore the exam that has been stressing out college-bound high school students since 1926
April 12, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Baseball brought the two men together, but even when Rickey left the Brooklyn Dodgers, their relationship off the field would last for years
April 11, 2013
| By John Hanc
On the eve of the Revolutionary War, loyalist John Malcom was tarred, feathered and dragged through the streets, just for arguing with a young boy
April 01, 2013
| By Nathaniel Philbrick
Historian Tony Horwitz travels to the Civil War battlefield and finds that even where time is frozen, it’s undergone welcome changes
April 2013
| By Tony Horwitz
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