Places and Structures
Dinosaur Sighting: Parry-sloffy
An affinity for lambeosaurine dinosaurs seems to run in the family
August 30, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs for Experts, or for Everyone?
Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science
August 15, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
William Eggleston's Big Wheels
This enigmatic 1970 portrait of a tricycle took photography down a whole new road
August 2011 |
By Mark Feeney
American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
"American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music," invites visitors to explore the Latino music, a sound that is at once distinctive, and all-American
July 20, 2011 |
By Arcynta Ali Childs
Los Angeles’ New Dinosaur Hall
Buzz about the new displays, particularly a trio of Tyrannosaurus growth stages, has been growing for months
July 19, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Diamond: Utah Field House of Natural History
The humor and use of specimens to highlight fossil mysteries make this dinosaur museum an essential stop
July 05, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
A Visit to Dinosaur Court
See a gallery of images from a monument to a time when naturalists were only just beginning to understand prehistoric creatures
June 21, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
A Visit to Zoorassic Park
At zoos all over the country, animatronic dinosaur exhibits featuring menageries of jerking, growling dinosaurs have made a comeback
June 16, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Name a Giant Dinosaur
Should Mamenchisaurus go by the nickname Neckita? Mei Mei? Tiny? Vote now
June 03, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The National Museum of Health and Medicine
Once it re-opens in its new Silver Spring, Maryland location this fall, this site will scare and educate, with displays of prosthetic eyes, amputated limbs and incomplete skeletons
June 2011 |
By Tony Perrottet
The Ava Gardner Museum
What started as a childhood friend's collection has grown into a full-fledged museum just miles from the movie star's hometown
June 01, 2011 |
By Jesse Rhodes
The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
Wooden masks, portraits and the occasional human skull mark the collections of this small museum near the French Quarter
June 2011 |
By Abigail Tucker
Titan Missile Museum
In Sahuarita, Arizona, in the midst of a retirement community, tourists can touch a Titan II missile, still on its launch pad
June 2011 |
By Tom Miller
Eight Unusual All-American Museums
From voodoo to barbed wire, there’s an offbeat museum for every taste
June 2011 |
By Smithsonian magazine
The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum
With more than 2400 variations of barbed wire, this La Crosse, Kansas, museum has a lot to teach the non-farmers out there
June 2011 |
By James M. Cornelius
The California Surf Museum
Learn about the evolution of the surfboard from 1912 through 2008 in this small gallery in Oceanside, California
June 2011 |
By Rodes Fishburne
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
A throwback to the private museums of earlier centuries, this Los Angeles spot has a true hodgepodge of natural history artifacts
June 2011 |
By Tony Perrottet
Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel, Finally Restored
Interior designers spared no detail in bringing this historic lodge back to its luxurious origins
May 24, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
Springtime Splendor in Yosemite
As the winter snows thaw, visitors flock to the popular national park to see frazil ice, moonbows and other seasonal sights
May 24, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
The Offbeat Museums of Europe
Lost souls, music boxes and shoes fill some of the continent's most peculiar collections
May 17, 2011 |
By Tony Perrottet
