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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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Obama Declares the First Atlantic Ocean National Marine Monument
With the announcement of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, Obama solidifies his legacy as an ocean guardian
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The New York Public Library’s Radical Zine Collection Is Now on Display
Check out pamphlets from people like Noam Chomsky and Mumia Abu-Jamal
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What Will the Memorials of the Future Look Like?
From underwater trees to mechanical parrots, the memorials of tomorrow don’t look much like the ones that exist today
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Don’t Miss These Dazzling, Iconic Flower Festivals
No matter the time of year, it’s always time for a flower festival
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This Is the World’s Best Place for Expats
Taiwan wins big in survey of over 14,000 expatriates
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What’s With the People With Easels in Art Museums?
Inside the longest-running program at the MET
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Now Departing: Some of America’s Most Iconic Train Signs
Amtrak will demolish departure boards in Philadelphia and New York
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New Exhibit Shows Manspreading Has Been Taking up Subway Space for Decades
Vintage ads show struggles with transit etiquette
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New Exhibition Shares Rare Ansel Adams Photos of the American West
See breathtaking early works by the iconic photographer
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