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When Sonny Liston decided not to meet the Beatles 40 years ago, photographer Harry Benson pulled a switcheroo
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior’s honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
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Digging into a Historic Rivalry
As archaeologists unearth a secret slave passageway used by abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, scholars reevaluate his reputation and that of James Buchanan
Archeologists uncover an early American settlement that history forgot
In the 1900s, health officials believed that puncturing supposedly disease-infested mail and then fumigating it slowed the spread of illness
Estate bequests by donors past and present keep the world’s largest museum and research complex humming
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William Clark—a better explorer than speller—tells his older brother of the impending transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
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Floridians raise a ruckus over manatees as biologists weigh prospects for the endangered species’ survival
New research shows how microscopic diatoms remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and may help keep the planet from overheating
An unprecedented effort to reclaim the ancient temples from the Cambodian jungle is racing against a tourist onslaught
The Polar Inuit’s bond with the sled dog remains intact, thanks to a ban on snowmobiles. But the lure of technology threatens these “magnificent animals”
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A Somali Bantu refugee family leaves 19th-century travails behind in Africa to take up life in 21st-century Phoenix
The Navy is gone; the bombing has stopped. What happens to Puerto Rico’s Vieques now?
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Pop artist James Rosenquist returns to the limelight with a dazzling retrospective of his larger-than-life works
Photographer Jack Pashkovsky disarmed Hollywood’s royalty with his ardor and persistence
A 1,000-mile odyssey across Mongolia on horseback
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada’s Tories still raise their tankards to King George
19,000 cargo containers flowing into the US each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
While the budding Corps of Discovery plans the expedition near St. Louis, William Clark grades the recruits
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