How “Fulton’s Folly” transformed the nation’s landscape
A film with black history at its core and created by African Americans opens up a "national conversation"
Vanilla-flavored rocks hint at a planet scoured by intense acid rain during the Great Dying 252 million years ago
X-ray scans can just tease out letters on the warped documents from a library at Herculaneum
Pultizer-Prize winning historian Eric Foner uncovers the hidden story behind this passage to freedom
Cuba is rich in history-laden spots—and a relaxed travel ban will make it easier for Americans to visit
"I've seen the Promised Land," Martin Luther King Jr. said in a speech in Memphis on April 3, 1968. He was assassinated the following day
In the hours following the assassination of Dr. King, public figures like Jesse Jackson and Bobby Kennedy voiced their reactions publicly
The British painter is the subject of a new film, but where can you see him stateside?
The historic aircraft—first to fly nonstop from New York to Paris—is lowered to the ground inside the Air and Space Museum
When MLK called for people to come to Selma, Detroit's Carl Benkert arrived with his tape recorder, making the indelible album "Freedom Songs"
Flops from a "knife and fork cleaner" to a "cholera belt" provide a curious look at life in 19th century England
Each year, admirers of the oft-neglected Founding Father gather for a multi-day birthday celebration ranging across Manhattan.
A lethal helping of foxglove seems to have triggered the downfall of a warlord of Verona
James Barker, a photographer from Alaska, shares his memories of documenting the famed event
During World War I, the powers that ran Montana sought any excuse to silence dissent
Usage is on the decline – so why are banks looking to the machines to save them?
From Georgia to Connecticut, Elvis' spirit lives on in unexpected places
Tutored in several European languages for hours on end and strapped to a steel rod for posture, Consuelo Vanderbilt's childhood was anything but easy
Here are the ten most popular installments of "Ask Smithsonian" this year
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