April 2015
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
La Dolce Via
Taste the good life on our favorite street, once home to Fellini and since 1953 the scene of Americans' sweetest "Roman Holiday"
Traveler in the Sunset Clouds
The Indiana Jones of Imperial China has become a modern pop-culture celebrity
Winds of War
In 1780, Lafayette sailed for America, armed with news that France would aid the Revolution. Today a new replica ship retraces the marquis' voyage
Beyond Gettysburg
From New York City to France to Brazil, sites touched by America's Civil War have been little noted and not long remembered
Dream Machine
Opening this month, a high-tech recreation of the immortal artworks in France's Chauvet Cave shines a new light on the dawn of the human imagination
The Light Stuff
With 17,000 solar cells in its wing and tail, the aircraft relies solely on sunshine to keep its motors running