On February 17, 1936, construction workers were tasked with removing wooden scaffolding, working from a temporary catwalk.

The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice ...

Presented like pieces of fine art, the peculiar presents are mounted on the walls of a gallery in Toronto. Many of them will ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially ...

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Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...

Harriet Bell Hayden is believed to have helped hundreds of people fleeing slavery from her Beacon Hill residence ...

In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over ...

I can’t, I can’t.’ But I carried on.” The parade of Mamuthones is an annual winter tradition in the Italian village of ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, ...

Get into the winter spirit with these images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...