Over 150 years, the Smithsonian has evolved as a visitor-friendly place that reflects a diverse nation
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A young war-horse helped Phil Sheridan win the day in the Shenandoah Valley and, made famous by a poem, helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election
When your toast starts talking to you, the Info Age has hit home
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Working alone, by hand, one man is turning 100 acres of alien trees into a refuge for Hawaii's endangered botanical treasures
Geneticist Jasper Rine and his colleagues launched the Dog Genome Initiative to elucidate both canine genes and behavior
Most Americans believe science and technology make their lives better, two out of five are "very interested" in them, but not many know how they work
NASM's new "How Things Fly" gallery is hands-on to the max! At 50 visitor-operated displays, you can see and feel the basic principles of flight in action
In 1890, Carl Lumholtz pushed into Mexico, on a search for the ancient culture now known as the Anasazi. Instead, he found the Mogollon
It's easy to lose your head over the luscious array of fromages fermiers still being made the old-fashioned way by Gallic artisans
This is the time of year when his admirers salute the monarch of vegetable gardens with contests, comestibles and corny jokes
If that 'treasure' you acquire at one of Uncle Sam's auctions turns out to be a pig in a poke, you'll have only yourself to blame
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An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago proves that, contrary to popular wisdom, the Impressionist master just kept getting better
In my family, snoring has pretty much always been a spectator sport
When historian Anthony Cohen set out to retrace a route along the legendary Underground Railroad, he recovered a piece of the American past
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In the war-shattered city of Nuremberg, in November 1945, an Allied tribunal convened to seek justice in the face of the Third Reich's monstrous war crimes
The Smithsonian is uniquely suited to run long-range research programs that monitor the state of the natural world
At the Young Collectors Tent, they're on the lookout for even more antique ice skates, African dresses, chopstick rests, cowboy hats, snow globes...
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