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May 2017
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Wet and Wild
The city's waterfront fell into dangerous decline, but now its on the rebound with a new wave of money and creativity
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Piece of Mind
A confusing set of blocks could seal their fate
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The Magic Mountain
Not even crowds and the threat of an eruption can dampen the eternally mysterious volcano
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Dreams of Argentina
W.H. Hudson wrote one of the 20th century’s greatest memoirs after a fever rekindled visions of his childhood.
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The Living Dead
High-tech tools divulge new information about the mysterious and violent fates met by these corpses
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Discussion
Reader responses to our April issue
Stampede
A mainstay of Western culture, the free-roaming stallions are now a force to be reckoned with
The People v. Jefferson Davis
The case against Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, would have been a legal showdown of the ages
Why I Take Fake Pills
Surprising new research shows that placebos still work even when you know they’re not real
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