Our art critic visits the Smithsonian American Art Museum to get a closer look at the Trump administration’s attack on DC ...

Bird-watching isn’t usually a dangerous game, even if it’s deep in the jungle of French Guiana. But when one woman strayed a little too far behind a tour group after spotting a large bird of prey, she ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

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Minnesota’s state fossil is the giant beaver, an extinct creature the size of a small bear that roamed around the Twin Cities more than 10,000 years ago. Lawmakers had approved the new state fossil ...

See 15 images of our neighbor to the north from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The slippery fish is at the center of a Canadian national debate about economics, conservation and Indigenous ...

Standing at the top of the Empire State Building in the late December chill, Berenice Abbott knew she only had one chance. The photograph she planned to take required a 15-minute exposure, and this ...