Dada

The irreverent, rowdy revolution set the trajectory of 20th-century art
May 2006 | By Paul Trachtman

Copernicus Unearthed

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of the 16th century astronomer who revolutionized our view of the universe
May 2006 | By Andrew Curry

Forging its Own Future

Dedicated metalsmiths help a Memphis museum revive a lost American art form
May 2006 | By Matt Dellinger

Home Is the Sailor

One hundred years ago this month, John Paul Jones was welcomed home with great fanfare at the U.S. Naval Academy. But was the body really his?
April 2006 | By Adam Goodheart

Spain Makes a Stand

After more than 400 years, a fort built by conquistadors in the Carolinas has finally been found
March 2006 | By Andrew Lawler

Tocqueville's America

The French author's piquant observations on American gumption and political hypocrisy sound remarkably contemporary 200 years after his birth
July 2005 | By Clell Bryant

Chief Lobbyist

He made little headway with President Grant, but Red Cloud won over the 19th century's greatest photographers.
June 2005 | By Anne Broache

Fatal Triangle

How a dark tale of love, madness and murder in 18th-century London became a story for the ages
May 2005 | By John Brewer

Tribal Fever

Twenty-five years ago this month, smallpox was officially eradicated. For the Indians of the high plains, it came a century and a half too late
May 2005 | By Landon Y. Jones

Tray Bon!

Thanksgiving leftovers—260 tons in all—gave birth to an industry
December 2004 | By Owen Edwards

When the Shooting Started

A century and a half ago, Britain's Roger Fenton pioneered the art of war photography
October 2004 | By Vicki Goldberg

Comedy Central

"Your Show of Shows," starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, pioneered madcap TV humor in the 1950s.
September 2004 | By Owen Edwards

Making Copies

At first, nobody bought Chester Carlson's strange idea. But trillions of documents later, his invention is the biggest thing in printing since Gutenburg
August 2004 | By David Owen

Off to the Races

Before the American Revolution, no Thoroughbred did more for racing's growing popularity than a plucky mare named Selima
August 2004 | By John Eisenberg

Salem Sets Sail

After the Revolutionary War, ships from a little Massachusetts seaport brought the new nation wares from China and the mysterious East
June 2004 | By Doug Stewart

Remembering the Alamo

Move over, John Wayne. John Lee Hancock's epic re-creation of the 1836 battle between Mexican forces and Texas insurgents casts the mythic massacre in a more historically accurate light
April 01, 2004 | By Bruce Selcraig

Return of a Giant

A fully restored Vulcan—Birmingham, Alabama's 100-year-old statue—resumes it's rightful place in town
March 2004 | By Jeff Book

Prize Fight

Raymond Damadian refuses to take his failure to win a Nobel Prize, for a prototype MRI machine, lying down
December 2003 | By Rick Weiss

Beacon of Light

Groundbreaking art shines at the extraordinary new Dia: Beacon museum on New York's Hudson River
September 2003 | By Amei Wallach

Capitol Discovery

Senate staffers come across a historic treasure in a dusty storage room
June 2003 | By Philip Kopper

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