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Channel Edward Hopper With a Night in His Bedroom
Stay in the childhood home of one of history’s greatest painters
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This Art Project Breathes New Life Into Blighted Buildings
Breathing Lights will illuminate hundreds of abandoned structures throughout New York
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Tour the World’s Biggest Manmade Cave in China
The 816 Nuclear Plant stands as a reminder of a paranoid past
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Vibrant Lightning Sprites Spark Above Hurricane Matthew
A photographer’s good eye captures an elusive phenomenon
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People Really Hate a Newly Repaired Stretch of the Great Wall of China
And for good reason
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Why Iceland’s Biggest City Turned Off Its Lights for One Night
Reykjavik decided to pause in the dark to witness one of Earth’s most beautiful phenomena
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An 1885 Ship Just Sailed Back to New York City
After a 16-month-long overhaul, the Wavertree has been restored to her former glory
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Chinese Malls Are Filled With Sad Animals
As cities spread, so do depressing mall zoos
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Getty Instagram Grant Winners Document the Drama of the Everyday
From teen moms to slices of street life
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Canada Is Building a Trail That Measures Almost 15,000 Miles
In 2017, the world’s longest trail will finally be complete
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George Washington’s Biracial Family Is Getting New Recognition
The National Park Service is finally acknowledging the first president’s biracial family
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This Group Celebrates Kenya’s Religious Diversity by Painting Religious Centers Yellow
Painting for pluralism
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Extreme Birdwatching Is a Thing, and This Could Be Its Greatest Year Ever
Thank El Niño for a Big Year that’s bashing previous records
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France Waves “Au Revoir” to Plastic Tableware
If it doesn’t come from biological sources, the country’s new motto is “just say non”
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A British Jail Is Paying Artistic Tribute to Oscar Wilde, its Most Famous Inmate
Patti Smith, Ai Weiwei and others envision what it’s like to be Inside
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Augmented Reality Art Imagines What Could Be Seattle’s Weird, Bleak Future
Artist envisions mutant flowers and drone-like seaweed that may one day take over a post-climate change Seattle
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Visit the Manuscript of ‘Jane Eyre’ in New York
The handwritten novel is in the United States for the first time—along with an exhibition of artifacts from Charlotte Brontë’s brief and brilliant life
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The Oldest Lighthouse in the United States Just Celebrated 300 Years of Service
The Boston Light still welcomes sailors to Boston Harbor
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You’ll Want to Sit on Guggenheim’s Latest Piece, an 18-Karat Golden Toilet
Maurizio Cattelan returns from retirement with this pretentious potty
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