July / August 2014
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
Piece of Mind
Pinterest is, in more than one way, the cutting edge of digital media—and you can clip its origin story out of an American history textbook
Without Reservations
Bad boy chef and author Anthony Bourdain shish-kebabs foodies, "the funk zone" and Instagramming dinner
America on Fire
1812 was the star-spangled war that confirmed our independence. But for Great Britain, it was a betrayal
Elephant Killer
In a remote region of Chad, a single-minded park ranger devises a sting operation to snare Africa’s most elusive elephant killer
The Sound of Music [Remix]
The hills are alive again with a new American generation of the singing von Trapp family
Lawrence’s Arabia
A century after his war began, the sands beneath a legendary desert warrior’s legacy are still shifting
Over the Rainbow
An early script traces the first steps on the yellow brick road
Rise of the Sea Urchin
In the icy waters off Norway, one intrepid Scot dives deep to satisfy the latest fjord-to-table craze at Europe’s finest restaurants
Soul of the South
Fifty years after the civil rights summer of 1964, renowned travel writer Paul Theroux chronicles the living memory of an overlooked America
Departments
Boy Meets Grille
Sal Scarpitta’s romance with cars is celebrated in a new Hirshhorn exhibition