Smithsonian Magazine: May 2008
Features
Acadia Country
Anchored by the spectacular national park, the rugged, island-dotted coastal region of Maine distills the down east experience
By Jonathan Kandell
Ancient Citadel
At least 1,200 years old, New Mexico's Acoma Pueblo—the longest continuously inhabited settlement in North America—remains a touchstone for a resilient indigenous culture
By David Zax
The Life Aquatic with Bruce Mozert
When the photographer gazed into the crystalline waters of Silver Springs, Florida, in 1938, he saw nothing but possibilities
By Gary Monroe
Back to the Frontier
Want to fork hay, play vintage baseball or try your hand at tanning deer hide? At Conner Prarie, Indiana, living history is the main event
By Donovan Webster
End of the Road
In the 1800s, travelers along the perilous forest trail known as the Natchez Trace called it the "Devil's Backbone." Today, the storied route marks the milestones—and tombstones—of sourthern history
By David Devoss
Who's Laughing Now?
Long maligned as nasty scavengers, hyenas turn out to be protective parents and accomplished hunters. And new research is revealing that their social status may even be determined in the womb
By Steve Kemper
Hidden Depths
Winslow Homer took watercolors to new levels. A Chicago exhibition charts the elusive New Englander's mastery
By Robert M. Poole
Beneath the Surface
A high-tech investigation helps explain Winslow Homer's staying power
By Robert M. Poole
Departments
Indelible Images
Model Arrangement
In Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe found a friend as well as the photographer who caught the fullest range of her vibrant personality
By Michelle Stacey
Phenomena
Where Dinosaurs Roamed
Footprints at one of the nation's oldest—and most fought over—fossil beds offer new clues to how the behemoths lived
By Genevieve Rajewski
My Kind of Town
You got a problem with that?
Why do New Yorkers seem rude? A noted critic and essayist has a few ideas
By Joan Acocella
Presence of Mind
Goodbye, Columbus
A new survey upends the conventional wisdom about who counts in American history
By Sam Wineburg
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
America's oldest primate, ocean dead zones and alligator lungs
By Amanda Bensen, Kenneth R. Fletcher, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino and Laura Helmuth
Points of Interest
Points of Interest
Notable American Destinations and Happenings
By Matt Kettmann, Paul Grondahl, Monica Watrous and Nan Chase
Around the Mall
Curves Ahead
At the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Rococo experiences a revival
By Amy Crawford
The Object at Hand
Ivory Merchant
Composer Irving Berlin wrote scores of hits on his custom-built instrument
By Owen Edwards
Around the Mall
Turning a Page
Smithsonian regents tap engineer, educator G. Wayne Clough as the Institution's next Secretary
By Beth Py-Lieberman
