Around 750,000 people died during the conflict—2.5 percent of the country's population at the time
The obscure roots of a centuries-old beverage that’s now a Juneteenth fixture
The world’s largest book repository has expanded far beyond its original scope to include sound recordings and digitized collections
A Smithsonian curator of medicine and science looks back to the days when police could arrest couples for using contraception
While some aspects of AIM seem like relics of a different version of the internet, others remain deeply embedded in the social media landscape
New research sheds light on Liss, who was enslaved by the family of a Culper Spy Ring leader and had ties to British spymaster John André
Fifty years ago, a fame-seeker shot the polarizing politician five times, paralyzing him from the waist down
A $50,000 grant is awarded to the culinary historian for her advocacy of Chinese-American culture and cuisine
Martha Goddard didn’t receive much recognition—instead she got the job done
Alan B. Shepard's historic Mercury spacesuit undergoes hours of conservation work for its debut when the National Air and Space Museum opens this fall
A new analysis identifies four life-size human figures and an 11-foot rattlesnake drawn on the ceiling of an unnamed cavern
Though founded by Confederates, Julian became a place of opportunity for people of color—and a model for what the U.S. could look like after the Civil War
The 1972 Watergate break-in that led to Richard Nixon's resignation is the subject of a new exhibition
Fearful that the Able Archer 83 exercise was a cover for a NATO nuclear strike, the U.S.S.R. readied its own weapons for launch
Travel through time by lifting like passengers on the Titanic or swimming like the sixth U.S. president
A pivotal letter from Oscar Howe, whose work is the focus of a new exhibition, demanded the right to free expression and the art world began to listen
For 75 years, images of bunker life have reflected the shifting optimism, anxieties and cynicism of the Atomic Age
A portrait reveals the dignity behind the maligned woman who stepped up to tell the truth
Sixty years after Seattle's Century 21 Exposition, world's fairs have largely fallen out of fashion in the U.S.
A new book explores how immunity to the disease created opportunities for white, but not Black, people