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Cornel Wilde

Conversation Stoppers

The Postal Museum

Dispatches from the Past

An exhibition at the Postal Museum commemorates the centennial of the Klondike/Alaska gold rush

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Saving the Nation’s Flag

After nearly two centuries of exposure, the Star-Spangled Banner gets a much needed overhaul

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Tea and Sisterhood

In 1848 when it came time to declare the rights of women, this tilt-top table provided solid support

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The Enemy Within

Termites are covert destroyers. You don’t hear them or see them until they come swarming out of the woodwork on their spectacular mating flight

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Wiring the Jersey Coast

In one spot on the continental shelf, scientists aim to understand all that happens, 24 hours a day

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Solar? Not in My Backyard!

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The Dominoes Are Falling

Planes are stacked on the runways and circling in holding patterns, delays are piling up and … the dominoes are falling

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On the Frankincense Trail

An archeologist travels ancient trade routes in search of clues to a lost civilization

James Oglethorpe

Dawn in the Garden of Good and Evil

Georgia’s founding father knew best, but Savannah didn’t stay unsinful for long

Big Trouble

After years of abuse and neglect, Thailand’s elephants are approaching the point of no return

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Timeless Tweed

On the Hebrides Isle of Harris, weavers are still producing their sought-after textile

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Leonardo’s Horse: A Long Shot Pays Off

500 years late, but 56 hands high

The barn at Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Massachusetts

A Passion for the Past

Bertram and Nina Little spent six decades amassing folk art that captures a corner of American history

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A Mailbox with a Catch

Aldo Leopold (left) and Olaus Muire sitting together outdoors, annual meeting of The Wilderness Society Council, Old Rag, Virginia, 1946

Aldo Leopold: A Sage for All Seasons

Aldo Leopold articulated a new way to look at the land and its creatures

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