Places and Structures
A Thanksgiving Meal (in-a-pill)
The future of food was envisioned by many prognosticators as entirely meatless and often synthetic.
November 23, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Making of Mount Rushmore
The 70th anniversary of the completion of the South Dakota monument prompts a look back at what it took to create it
October 31, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
3-D Movies Through the Years
The current craze has its roots in the 19th century
October 26, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Thomas Edison’s Brief Stint As A Homemaker
The famous inventor envisioned a future of inexpensive, prefabricated concrete homes.
October 21, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
How Baryonyx Caused the Great Spinosaur Makeover
The discovery of a strange, crocodile-snouted dinosaur in England was the key to reconstructing one of the strangest groups of predatory dinosaurs ever
October 20, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Where to Get a Great Rug, and a Helping of Navajo Culture
Connoisseurs of Native American textiles know to go to the Crownpoint, New Mexico, Navajo Rug Auction
October 17, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
To Save and Project: Screening Restored Movies
A film festival at MoMA highlights those titles, either beloved and well-known or obscure yet fascinating, that may never reach the home market
October 14, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Frans Hals and the Divided Self
The Metropolitan's recent Frans Hals exhibition and other works by the Old Master showcase his surprisingly modern psychological insight
October 14, 2011 |
By Henry Adams
