A sweeping book offers a provocative new history arguing that today's inequality can be traced back to the state's founding
The W.F.K. Travers painting hid in plain sight at a New Jersey town hall for 80 years before it was restored and brought back to Washington
Archival evidence offers clues on the radicalization of the German siblings, who led a resistance movement known as the White Rose
A century ago, a Princeton mathematician created what would become a mainstay of the American playground
Thanks to a few horticulturalists with an eye for history, a garden lost to time peeks out from the creeping vines
A curious new find yields clues to the origins of the alphabet
A new film imagines the events that inspired the notoriously private author to write "Wuthering Heights"
When the fascists took power in Austria, Muriel Gardiner helped refugees and others in need, and never stopped
The waterway opened up the heartland to trade, transforming small hamlets into industrial centers
Proponents of the teaching method argue that it encourages engagement with the language and the ancient past
Glory goes to the 6888, who overcame discrimination from fellow service members and are finally getting the recognition they earned
The deposed monarch wrote the 57 encrypted messages during her captivity in England
Since dieting began in the 1830s, the ever-changing nutritional advice has skimped on science
Untold Stories of American History
The president's Nantucket nuclear fallout shelter could become a National Historic Landmark—but efforts to preserve its history have stalled
Neal V. Loving, whose memoir will soon be released by Smithsonian Books, built his own planes, ran a flight school and conducted research for the Air Force
With bar graphs and pie charts, the sociologist and his Atlanta students demonstrated Black excellence in the face of widespread discrimination
The author reflects on her classic 1967 novel, its 1983 film adaptation and its legacy today
“AirSpace” speaks to astronomer Shauna Edson and “Portraits” drops in on activist and author Gloria Steinhem
Born 150 years ago this week, the author was known for her incisive portrayals of women's everyday lives
The retail giant’s mail-order business reigned supreme for more than a century, offering everything from quack cures to ready-to-build homes
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