The Cowboy in Winter

Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride
October 2008 | By Robert M. Poole

Blue Ridge Bluegrass

The town of Floyd, Virginia draws jam-ready musicians and some toe-tapping fans
July 28, 2008 | By Kenneth R. Fletcher

On the Prowl

Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats' survival in the American West
November 2007 | By Jeremy Kahn

Civil Wrongs

In a painstaking study of 1960s Atlanta, Kevin Kruse takes suburban whites to task
October 2007 | By Dick Polman

Ghosts in the Sagebrush

Tumbledown structures recall dude ranching's heyday
June 2007 | By Tony Perrottet

Summertime for Gershwin

In the South, the Gullah struggle to keep their traditions alive
June 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

Frozen in Time

Glaciers in the Pacific Northwest have recorded hundreds of years of climate history, helping researchers plot how quickly the planet is warming
October 01, 2006 | By Anne Bolen

Cowboys and Artists

Each summer models decked out in period dress give artists a picture of life in the Wild West
July 2005 | By Devon Jackson

Rhyme or Cut Bait

When these fisher poets gather, nobody brags about the verse that got away
June 2005 | By Sharon Boorstin

A Road Less Traveled

Cape Cod's two-lane Route 6A offers a direct conduit to a New England of yesteryear
April 2005 | By Jonathan Kandell

Footpath Atop the West

Since the 1930s, the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, extending from Mexico to Canada, has beckoned young and old
April 2005 | By Donovan Webster

Wicked Weed of the West

Spotted knapweed is driving out native plants and destroying rangeland, costing ranchers millions. Can anybody stop this outlaw?
December 2004 | By Joe Alper

Saving Atchafalaya

A more than 70-year effort to "control" America's largest river basin swamp is threatening the Cajun culture that thrives on it
November 2003 | By T. Edward Nickens

Southern Comfort

Traveling back roads, brothers Matt and Ted Lee track down authentic foods for mail-order customers hankering after a taste of the Deep South
February 2003 | By Marialisa Calta

Living a Tradition

At a handful of sites scattered across New England, Shaker communities transport the past into the present
April 2001 | By Richard & Joyce Wolkomir

Portraits on the Plains

Armed with easel, palette and pencil, George Catlin went west in the 1830s to paint the real "Wild West"
May 2000 | By Edwards Park

Turning Water to Gold

Confronted with a hill full of gold, miners removed the hill and the gold — and left a mess behind
August 1999 | By Edwin Kiester, Jr

The Dying Tecumseh

A sculpture in the Smithsonian collection reveals much about how the Indians of the West were viewed in the early ages of the United States
July 1995 | By Bil Gilbert

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