Smithsonian Magazine: May 2010
Features
The Man Who Turned Off the Taps
Prohibition touched every American life. It couldn't have happened without Wayne B. Wheeler
By Daniel Okrent
Making Memories
Does your memory play tricks on you? New research may explain why—and even help some people make peace with their past
By Greg Miller
Danger Ahead
Africa's wildebeest migration pits a million thundering animals against a gantlet of perils, even—some experts fear—climate change
By Robert M. Poole
Road Taken
The state's Route 100 offers an unparalleled access to old New England, from wandering moose to Robert Frost's hideaway cabin
By Jonathan Kandell
Garden of a Golden Age
Filoli—a lavish early 20th-century estate that is the last of its kind—harks back when San Francisco's richest families built to dazzle
By Andrew Purvis
The Soul of Memphis
Despite setbacks, the Mississippi River city has held onto its rollicking blues joints, smokin' barbeque and welcoming, can-do spirit
By Jamie Katz
Mark Twain in Love
A chance encounter on a New Orleans dock in 1858 haunted the writer to his dying day 100 years ago
By Ron Powers
Departments
Indelible Images
Sum of Her Parts
Frances Benjamin Johnson's self-portraits show a woman who could play contrasting roles
By Victoria Olsen
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Running elephants, far-flying mosquitos, ancient crocodiles and more...
By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Erica R. Hendry, Jesse Rhodes and Sarah Zielinski
Phenomena
Coldblooded Rescue
Researchers are saving the world's most endangered sea turtles by degrees
By Amy Sutherland
Around the Mall
The Sight of Music
3-D Imaging reveals how instrument makers might recreate the sound of a Stradivarius
By Erica R. Hendry
The Object at Hand
Snail Mail
A letter that took two years to reach its destination evokes the hazards of the Pony Express
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
Q&A: Barron Hall
Root canals on cheetahs, lions and gorillas is just another day at the office for veterinary dentist Barron Hall
By Megan Gambino
The Last Page
Will Work for Brain Scans
Your dream job—part-time zombie? candle consultant?—is only a click away
By Richard Conniff
