Human Environment
Public and private places and buildings, including cities, monuments, parks and reservations
A Whole Town Under One Roof
We're moving on up—visions of a self-contained community within a 1,000-foot tall skyscraper
November 18, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
News from the Preservation Front
Why we need to save orphan films as well as blockbusters
November 18, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
An Art Deco Masterpiece for Eleanor Roosevelt
In Birmingham, Alabama, the art museum's "Jazz Bowl" by famed U.S. industrial designer Viktor Schreckengost was an artistic, and civil rights, turning point
November 17, 2011 |
By Henry Adams
Into a Desert Place: A Talk With Graham Mackintosh
In remote fishing camps along the shoreline, a few older fishermen remember a red-haired Englishman who tramped through 30 years ago, disappearing around the next point.
November 17, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
The Mysterious Marshosaurus
The collected remains seem to represent an approximately 18-foot-long predator in a lower weight class than the giants living in the same environment
November 16, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Secrets of Ancient Rome’s Buildings
What is it about Roman concrete that keeps the Pantheon and the Colosseum still standing?
November 16, 2011 |
By Erin Wayman
Six Sacred Sites of Hawaii
Take a tour of the idyllic sites across the many islands where native Hawaiians have longstanding spiritual connections
November 16, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
Crying Wolf Among Motor Vehicles and Landmines
Five drunk young men—the first visibly intoxicated men I think I've seen in Turkey—spilled out and began dancing in the highway to Turkish music from the car’s radio
November 15, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
In Rome, a New Museum Worth Celebrating
A Roman museum devoted to 19th century hero Giuseppe Garibaldi is a bright spot amid the gloomy news from Italy
November 14, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
Zipping from San Francisco to Oakland in 5 Minutes
An inventor's plans for traveling inside a giant bullet would have made a trip across the Bay a fast one
November 14, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
More Free Streaming Video Sites
Watch films ranging from Chinese cartoons to deadly sharks on these free resources for online movies and shorts
November 09, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Would You Pass the Panic-Proof Test?
If an atomic bomb drops on your house, a civil defense official advises: "Get over it."
November 09, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Zuccotti Park: Protest Site as Tourist Attraction
Getting a feel for the sliver of green in lower Manhattan that Occupy Wall Street Protesters call home
November 08, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
Beam Me Home, Please
Putting one’s very means of transportation into a box while miles of travel still remain is about as clever as stepping into a canvas shopping bag and attempting to carry oneself to the market
November 08, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
The Final Sprint to Istanbul
The townspeople ogled the tourist he’d captured. “From America,” the cop boasted, like he’d shot me at 400 yards with a rifle
November 03, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
Burbank’s Aerial Monorail of the Future
A bold vision for a propeller-driven train never quite got off the ground
November 02, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
The Figs and Mountains of Izmir
Travel horizontally in any direction and you see no change in landscape; Siberia remains Siberia from Finland to Kamchatka. But travel just 4,000 feet vertically, and the world transforms
November 01, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
Sabotage in New York Harbor
The explosion on Black Tom Island packed the force of an earthquake. It took investigators years to determine that operatives working for Germany were to blame
November 01, 2011 |
By Gilbert King
Lincoln, Nebraska: Home on the Prairie
The college city's big sky and endless farmland gave this New Yorker some fresh perspective
November 2011 |
By Meghan Daum
The Goddess Goes Home
Following years of haggling over its provenance, a celebrated statue once identified as Aphrodite, has returned to Italy
November 2011 |
By Ralph Frammolino
