After all the analysis of his apples, his bathers, that mountain, his paintings still electrify at a major show in Philadelphia
What with the Mexican War, and a million square miles of new real estate, our westward destiny became highly manifest
In the Algebra Project Robert Moses uses subway rides, gumdrops and everyday experiences to help kids cope with exponents and negative numbers
Getting rid of $34 billion worth of old ships, planes and guns, not to mention seven million tubes of toothpaste, was no picnic
In A.D. 77 a workaholic called Pliny the Elder published the first encyclopedia, Natural History. Headless people were among the many marvels
Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, issue after issue? Don't ask
In WWII, thousands of captive Germans found our prison camps so hospitable that they later became U.S. citizens
Near the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, comrades and loved ones leave their poignant tokens of remembrance
In a geological catastrophe, a lake exploded through an Ice Age dam, and its waters swept across the Pacific Northwest; signs of its passage visible
Because the chances are, if you love your Mario Lanza albums or your old skate key, there are others who feel the same way
From the muddy yard of a private collector to the dresser drawers of a dealer, Mitchell Wolfson ransacks the world for his finds
Grande dame of an 18th-century comedy, she has been an aspiration to all who read boners, gaffes and mutilations perpetrated upon the English language
The modern museum trend toward interpretive exhibitions presents both challenges and opportunities
Incredible! Incomparable! Robert L. Ripley, who won fame and fortune by celebrating the outlandish, was himself a prime example
Robert Davidson and Bill Reid rediscovered their past with the help of anthropologists, old books, tribal elders and a common ancestor
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