The author’s 1934 bid to govern California came up short, but left a lasting mark on politics
Jesse Owens is best known for his performance at the 1936 Berlin Games, but curator Damion Thomas says there is more to the story
Popular musicals on Broadway are regarded as escapist, but the worldwide issue of migration and displacement is inescapable
How the founding father’s wife kept their love alive in the face of tragedy
A massive collection of campaign materials dating from 1789 reveals that little has changed in how America shows its affection for their candidate
The ships carrying gold miners to California found a way to strike it rich on the way back with their holds full of guano
A new Hollywood movie looks at the tale of the Mississippi farmer who led a revolt against the Confederacy
Scholars create a virtual archive of antiquities destroyed by extremists in Syria and Iraq
You asked, we answered
Smithsonian experts train a brave band of conservators in northern Iraq to brace buildings and rescue artifacts in a hurry
When Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone, skeptics worried about how it might affect people’s interactions
Lost for centuries, the royal capital of the Achaemenid Empire was finally confirmed by Ernst Herzfeld
The deliberate destruction of antiquities by ISIS and others in the birthplace of human civilization is cultural genocide
After an ambitious monument went bust, big dreams—and big heads—remain
Beneath the country's troubled history with the Khmer Rouge lies a complex agricultural legacy that reaches back centuries
Several children of presidents met cruel fates in the first 150 years of our country's history
In 1955, the head of Civil Defense urged everyone to build an underground shelter "right now"
The Smithsonian keeps a most unusual artifact of hair clipped straight from the heads of presidents
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: India
A grandson retraces adventurer Francis K.I. Baird's mysterious trek to a remote village near the India-Tibet border
Several women’s football leagues formed during the 20th century—one from the 1930s even became a national sensation—but they’re barely remembered today
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