CURRENT ISSUE
April 2015
Features
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La Dolce Via
Taste the food life on the Via Margutta, once home to Fellini and since 1953, the scene of Americans' sweetest Roman Holiday
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Traveler in the Sunset Clouds
Travelers are discovering the Ming dynasty's own Indiana Jones, an adventurer who dedicated his life to exploring his country's Shangri-Las
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Winds of War
Now that the ship that the Frenchman took on his 1780 trip to America has been rebuilt, its time to revisit his role in history
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Beyond Gettysburg
To commemorate the end of the war 150 years ago, here are fascinating locales that remind us of the conflict's sprawling impact
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Dream Machine
A high-tech recreation of the immortal artworks shines a new light on the dawn of human imagination
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Departments
Space Aged
Fifty years after its grand opening, the spectre of the Houston stadium still looms large
Field Study
Even if only a small percentage of current farmland became wild meadows, it could bring populations back to previous levels