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Sugarloaf Key, Florida: Keeping Good Company

Observing ibises and kayaking among sharks, author Barbara Ehrenreich savors life "up the Keys"
By Barbara Ehrenreich

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Thornton Wilder's Desert Oasis

For the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Douglas, Arizona was a place to "refresh the wells" and drive into the sunset
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Travel Journals From the Smithsonian Secretary

Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough shares stories from his journeys around the world, learning more about what Smithsonian researchers are studying in the field

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Buenos Aires: a City's Power and Promise

The stylish and affordable capital of Argentina has become a big hit with growing numbers of foreigners
By Daniel Politi

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Fairhope, Alabama's Southern Comfort

Memorist Rick Bragg finds forgiving soil along the brown sand stretch of Mobile Bay
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A Tour of France’s Cave Homes

In France’s Loire Valley, domesticated cave dwellings, known as troglodyte homes, offer a history as rich as the region’s chateaus
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Destination America 2009 - Big Sur, Pensacola, Chicago

The vistas of Big Sur, the history of Pensacola, and the great eats of Chicago are some of the great destinations in America

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Big Sur's California Dreamin'

Untrammeled wilderness and new age enclave, Big Sur retains its rugged beauty and quirky charm
By James Conaway

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Harboring History in Pensacola

In Florida's panhandle, vibrant Pensacola stakes its claim as the oldest European settlement in the United States
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From curried catfish to baba ghanouj, Chicago serves up what may be the finest ethnic cuisine going
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Eager enthusiasts track Chicago’s indigenous—and sometimes endangered—food traditions
By Jamie Katz

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Boise, Idaho: Big Skies and Colorful Characters

Idaho's natural beauty is what makes novelist Anthony Doerr feel so much at home in Boise
By Anthony Doerr

African elephants

Day 2: What Can Researchers Do To Save the Savannah?

Between water shortages, erosion, and human population growth, the ecosystem and the animals of Kenya face serious risks
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

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Day 5: Bird Watching and Animal Tracking

Living among the African wildlife, Smithsonian researchers are busy studying the symbiotic relationships between flora and fauna
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

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Photos from Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough's trip to Nairobi, Kenya

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Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon

Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon

Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the launch of Apollo 11

Lucian Perkins Images

A Navy Plebe Re-Meets His Match

Photojournalist Lucian Perkins reunites Naval Academy graduates Sandee Irwin and Don Holcomb, 30 years after his photo captured the new gender dynamics at the school

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Deploying the Wave Energy Buoy

See a prototype of a wave energy buoy bob up and down on the water’s surface as researchers from Oregon State University study its efficacy

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Nikita Khrushchev's Great American Tour

As part of a diplomatic mission, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled across the United States, meeting Americans from New York to Iowa to California

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Uncovering the Terra Cotta Soldiers

A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China’s Qin dynasty

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