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The night a teenager met the girl of his dreams 50 years ago, the stars were bright above
Picking the winner of our first photo contest required a bit of heavy lifting
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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
How a Kentucky grifter and his partner pulled off one of the era’s most spectacular scams — until a dedicated man of science exposed their scheme
After the Revolutionary War, ships from a little Massachusetts seaport brought the new nation wares from China and the mysterious East
During a civil rights march in 1965, photographer Bruce Davidson left the highway to focus on a single Alabama sharecropper and her nine children
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
A Rockefeller’s rules for raising responsible children
British horsewoman Francesca Kelly brings India’s fiery Marwari to the United States in hopes of reviving the breed
Can Great Coffee Save the Jungle?
Persuaded that guilt alone won’t get Americans to pay more for environmentally friendly coffee, importers give farmers the tools to grow better beans
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The president envisions a future human mission to Mars, but medical researchers say surviving the journey is no spacewalk
Sure, the new Kids’ Farm at the National Zoo will be educational, but a giant rubber pizza and a “caring corral” will make it also a place for fun
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A new retrospective featuring an unprecedented number of the troubled photographer’s images makes the case for her innovative artistry
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How an 1882 portrait of the flamboyant man of letters reached the highest court in the land and changed U.S. law forever
In Los Angeles, bulldozers are circling Sara Velas’ mural in the round
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You may beat out a bunt, but there’s no running away from the past
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The Law that Ripped America in Two
One hundred fifty years ago, the Kansas-Nebraska Act set the stage for America’s civil war
As America’s first black military pilots, Tuskegee airmen faced a battle against racism
For the dedication of a new World War II memorial on the Mall, the Smithsonian will stage a four-day festival of reminiscence
Momentous or merely memorable
The corps begins its epic journey
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From slime to sponges, scientists are plumbing the ocean’s depths for new medications to treat cancer, pain and other ailments
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