Smithsonian Magazine: March 2006

Features

Everglades

The nation's storied wetland is the focus of the world's largest environmental restoration project. But will that be enough?

Edvard Munch: Beyond The Scream

Though the Norwegian artist is known for a single image, he was one of the most prolific, innovative and influential figures in modern art

Secrets of the Range Creek Ranch

Archaeologists cheered when Waldo Wilcox's vast spread was deeded to the state of Utah, believing that it holds keys to a tribe that flourished 1,000 years ago - and then mysteriously vanished.

Continental Crossroads

East greets West as Hungary's history-rich capital embraces the future

Bone Voyage

On assignment with Europe's most peripatetic canine

Dresden's Crowning Glory

Sixty years after it was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing, the reconstructed Baroque Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, once again dominates the historic city's skyline

Ben Franklin Slept Here

The ingenious founding father's only surviving residence, in London, is reborn as a museum

Departments

Indelible Images

The Power of Prayer

A news photographer in India captures a devotional moment that goes back a thousand years

Points of Interest

The Best and Brightest

A small museum illuminates Las Vegas' past by restoring the city's classic neon signs

The Object at Hand

Visionary Virtuoso

Ray Charles' fusion of gospel and blues changed the face of American popular music

Digs

Spain Makes a Stand

After more than 400 years, a fort built by conquistadors in the Carolinas has finally been found

Editor's Note

Have Canine, Will Travel

Our fur-flung correspondents in dogged pursuit

From the Secretary

Field Trip!

Education experts help children, their teachers, parents and grandparents get the most out of a museum visit - real or virtual

This Month in History

March Anniversaries

Momentous or merely memorable

Books

The Worst Hard Time

The untold story of those who survived the great American Dust Bowl

The Last Page

Global Wording

If you can't say it in English, just borrow le mot juste

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