Smithsonian Magazine: May 2006
Features
A Tale of Two Chinas
As the red-hot Chinese economy feeds the world's appetite for consumer goods, the one-time workers' republic is more than ever a nation of haves and have-nots
By Stephen Glain
Dinosaur Shocker
Probing a 68-million-year-old T. rex, Mary Schweitzer stumbled upon astonishing signs of life that may radically change our view of the beasts that once ruled the earth
By Helen Fields
Shifting Ground in the Holy Land
Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament
By Jennifer Wallace
Dada
The irreverent, rowdy revolution set the trajectory of 20th-century art
By Paul Trachtman
Destination America: Mount Rushmore
With a Native American superintendent, the South Dakota monument is becoming much more than a shrine to four presidents.
By Tony Perrottet
Destination America: Angel Island
A rugged outcropping in the San Francisco Bay remains a refuge hidden in plain sight
By Robert F. Howe
Destination America: Hallowed Highway
From Gettysburg to Monticello, a 175 mile thoroughfare leads through a rich concentration of national history
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Destination America: Tombstone
In this Arizona outpost, residents revere the Wild West—and live it.
By Paul Trachtman
Destination America: Minneapolis
The Guthrie Theater's new home, designed by architect Jean Nouvel, makes a dramatic entrance
By Wendy Mitman Clarke
Destination America: Sitka
A tradition-rich village lies at the doorstep of a vast Alaskan wilderness
By Joshua Brockman
Departments
Indelible Images
Fearing the Worst
A church is bombed. A daughter is missing. A rediscovered photograph recalls one of the most heart-wrenching episodes of the civil rights era.
By Diane McWhorter
Digs
Copernicus Unearthed
Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of the 18th century astronomer who revolutionized our view of the universe
By Andrew Curry
The Object at Hand
War and Remembrance
An Indian artist's traditional tribute honors Native American soldiers who served in Vietnam
By Owen Edwards
Points of Interest
Forging its Own Future
Dedicated metalsmiths help a Memphis museum revive a lost American art form
By Matt Dellinger
Presence of Mind
Dirty Little Secret
To see the Revolutionary war through the eyes of slaves is to better understand why so many of them fought for the crown
By Simon Schama
From the Secretary
The Maestro
A legendary test pilot celebrates his 95th birthday - and reminds us why we restore and preserve historic aircraft
By Lawrence M. Small
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Rediscovery of a Laotian rodent, orangutan culture and crossing the Bering Strait
By Smithsonian magazine
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