May 2020
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Features
When the Race Is Over
In Kentucky, an idyll for retired Thoroughbreds
Desert Wine
Overcoming scorching heat and little rain, experimental vineyards in Israel teach winemakers to cope with climate change
Special Delivery
From Vietnam to Antarctica, this year's winners bring you amazing glimpses of a changing world—and the indefatigable human spirit
Meet the Beatle!
On the brink of world stardom, George Harrison made a visit to small-town America he would never forget
The Invention of Hiking
Follow the Frenchman who remade the woods surrounding a royal estate into the world’s first nature preserve
Departments
Pacific Treasure
From kitsch to cool, the rise and fall and rise of a Hawaiian export is a shirt tale like no other
Making Their Mark
When young women printmakers in Japan joined forces to create a strong impression
Recipe for Fame
He was talented and prosperous, but the young Andy Warhol worried the art world had left him behind. Then he discovered soup
A Half-Century of Trips
Americans have steadily become more dedicated travelers, despite historic setbacks
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