Smithsonian Magazine: June 2011
Features
Swimming With Sharks
Wildlife researchers and tourists are heading to a tiny Mexican village to learn about mysterious whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea
By Juliet Eilperin
Ready for Takeoff
Aerial drones are not just for the military anymore
By Richard Conniff
Eight Unusual All-American Museums
From voodoo to barbed wire, there’s an offbeat museum for every taste
By Smithsonian magazine
Extreme Cuisine
Take on American billionaire inventor and a gleaming laboratory.
Add trendy European cooking.
Obsess.
Yield: 2,438 pages of culinary wizardry, "modernist" recipes included
By Jerry Adler
A Setting for Murder
Agatha Christie's Devonshire estate welcomes visitors looking for clues to the best-selling novelist of all time
By Joshua Hammer
A Writer’s Formative Venue
The picturesque seaside town of Torquay beckons vacationers and Christie pilgrims alike
By Joshua Hammer
500 Miles of Mayhem
The first Indianapolis 500, held a century ago, wasn't only a grueling test of men, motors and tires. It was also tragically madcap
By Charles Leerhsen
Departments
Indelible Images
Dance Partners
Barbara Morgan's portrait of the iconic dancer helped move modern dance to center stage
By Joan Acocella
Wild Things
Wild Things: Yawning Chimps, Humpback Whales and More...
Leaping beetles, Pacific salmon, prehistoric mammals and other news updates in wildlife research
By Arcynta Ali Childs, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Laura Helmuth and Sarah Zielinski
Around the Mall
Built From the Bottle Up
A school made with trash provides a lesson in sustainable development
By Arcynta Ali Childs
The Object at Hand
The Princess and the Peacocks
How a portrait sparked a battle between art and money
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
Q&A: Eddie Van Halen
The rock guitarist talks about his custom-made Frankenstein 2 that is now in the collections of the American History museum
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Presence of Mind
Don't Sniff the Antlers
In trying times, a 14th-century Japanese essayist's quirky advice rings true
By Lance Morrow
