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People crossing a Tokyo street are caught in a mirror. As the country's foreign population grows, racism is thought to be on the rise.

Just how widespread is racism in Japan? An unprecedented survey aims to find out

November 1, 2016

For nearly a decade, scuba divers have been going to the Finger Lakes to carve pumpkins underwater.

Underwater Pumpkin Carving Among the Wrecks in New York’s Finger Lakes

Just in time for Halloween, scuba divers test their Jack-o-lantern-making skills

October 31, 2016

These daisy wheels were found in Saxon Tithe barn in Bradford-on-Avon.

Cool Finds

Join an English Scavenger Hunt for Spooky, Supernatural Scratches

“Witch marks” are all over old buildings in England—and this Halloween, a preservation group is calling on the public to help document them

October 31, 2016

Dry conditions have dulled fall's gorgeous New England show.

Parched conditions in New England equal milder colors

October 25, 2016

Secrets of the Tower of London

Before it was a popular tourist attraction, the Tower of London was, well, just about everything else

October 24, 2016

Iggy Pop Bares More Than Abs in New Art Exhibition About Masculinity

Punk meets pencil in an art show that examines the portrayal of masculinity throughout the centuries

October 21, 2016

Cool Finds

Italy Has a Free Wine Fountain

Quench your thirst with what could be the world’s most welcome glass of wine

October 21, 2016

Weeping Window will travel throughout the U.K. through 2018.

Europe

How the Poppy Came to Symbolize World War I

Red blooms help the world commemorate a bloody war

October 20, 2016

This Champion Pumpkin Weighs More Than a U-Haul

At the annual Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Weigh-In, a pumpkin weighing 1,910 pounds took the crown

October 19, 2016

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing is now on a 20th-century cultural preservation list in China.

A country with an uneasy relationship to its past will preserve 98 buildings of the 20th century for future generations

October 17, 2016

Chock-full of smoked meats and native vegetables like corn, plantains, and squash, ajiaco is a mainstay of Cuban cooking.

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba

Ajiaco, Cuba in a Cauldron

With origins in the island’s oldest culture, ajiaco is a stew that adapts to the times

October 14, 2016

A lantern at the Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival.

Photos: Giant Chinese Lantern Sculptures Light Up Spokane

This month brings a world of colorful light to Washington

October 14, 2016

How Waffle House Uses Twitter to Help Recovery Efforts

FEMA themselves admit that they look to the omnipresent chain to see where the damage is the worst

Updated: October 7, 2016 | Originally Published: August 30, 2012

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba

What to Read, Watch and Download Before Your Trip to Cuba

Know before you go

October 6, 2016

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba

Traveling to Cuba? Here’s What You Need to Know

While travel between Cuba and the U.S. is now possible, restrictions remain in place

October 6, 2016

A rehearsal takes place at Teatro América, on Galiano Street in Havana. From the outside, the theater is nothing special, concealed behind a dull screen of gray polygon concrete. But step inside and you’ve entered the museum that is Cuban architecture.

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba

Havana’s Hidden Architectural Gems

The city’s eclectic architecture is both extraordinary and imperiled

October 6, 2016

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba

Explore the deepest corners of Cuba’s culture and history, and discover the startling transformations happening now

October 6, 2016

The room has plenty of "Hudson River light" to spark the artist in a lucky bidder and their guest.

Cool Finds

Channel Edward Hopper With a Night in His Bedroom

Stay in the childhood home of one of history’s greatest painters

October 5, 2016

These seemingly inhabited buildings are actually vacant properties illuminated by the new Breathing Lights project in three New York cities.

Cool Finds

This Art Project Breathes New Life Into Blighted Buildings

Breathing Lights will illuminate hundreds of abandoned structures throughout New York

October 5, 2016

Scores of lives were lost while building the 816 Nuclear Plant, a long-abandoned nuclear project now open to the public.

Cool Finds

Tour the World’s Biggest Manmade Cave in China

The 816 Nuclear Plant stands as a reminder of a paranoid past

October 5, 2016