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The French Castle That May Have Inspired “Sleeping Beauty” Is Filled With Creepy Mannequins
In honor of Charles Perrault’s birthday, explore the Chateau d’Usse
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Visit These Ten Sites Celebrating Major Anniversaries in 2016
From Winnie the Pooh’s 90th birthday to the National Park Service’s centennial, you won’t want to miss out on these once-in-a-lifetime events
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NOAA Made a Sequel to ‘In the Heart of the Sea’
Because the story that inspired Moby-Dick is just the beginning
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Why Does Moby-Dick (Sometimes) Have a Hyphen?
The hunt for the true story behind Melville’s hyphen is as mysterious as the famous white whale
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There’s a ‘War and Peace’ Marathon Going On in Russia
It will take 1,300 readers four days and 60 hours to read the book out loud
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How Twitching Frog Legs Helped Inspire ‘Frankenstein’
Galvanism sought to reanimate the dead—and in doing so provided the impetus for one of literature’s most famously frightful books
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How Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World
Ron Howard’s new film “In the Heart of the Sea” captures the greed and blood lust of the Massachusetts island
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Steinbeck’s Boat the “Western Flyer” Will Voyage Again for Science
The $1 million boat will see the water once again as an updated research vessel
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A Lost Story by Edith Wharton Has Been Discovered in Yale’s Library
“The Field of Honor” is about a failed marriage during World War I
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The Science of ‘Little House on the Prairie’
A mutual passion for Laura Ingalls Wilder inspired scientists in unrelated disciplines to investigate events from the famous author’s world
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
The City Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky Called Paradise
A journalist recalls his witching-hour walk through Venice with the famous poet
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5 Things to Know About Svetlana Alexievich, Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Belarusian journalist is best known for her tragic investigations of war and disaster in eastern Europe
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After Giving Us a New Spin on Oz, Gregory Maguire Takes on Wonderland
Alice is 150 years old, and the world is still wondering about her
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In a new memoir, one of Hemingway’s closest friends reveals how the great writer grappled with the love affair that changed his life and shaped his art
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This Digital Library Contains Every Phrase That Could Ever Be Uttered
Inspired by an essay by Jorge Luis Borges, computer programmer Jonathan Basile has created a “Library” of Babel
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The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South
A naturalist cuts through the myths surrounding the invasive plant
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What Gives Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Its Power?
A Smithsonian poet examines its message and how it encapsulates what its author was all about
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What to Expect From Harper Lee’s Long-Lost Second Novel
Controversy still surrounds the release of Go Set a Watchman
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What’s Changed, and What Hasn’t, in the Town That Inspired ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Traveling back in time to visit Harper Lee’s hometown, the setting of her 1960 masterpiece and the controversial sequel hitting bookstores soon
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