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One person's pagoda is another's bell tower.

Author of Walden proves to be invaluable to today's scientists studying climate change.

U-boats off the Carolina Coast were part of Germany's attack against American shipping in World War II.

Maps and Sketches of Early Virginia

Simmie Knox's bumpy road from abstract artist to presidential portraitist.

Excavations reveal the site where John Smith and Chief Powhatan first meet.

Walking tours of Baltimore's Mount Vernon reveal a neighborhood's literary roots and architectural gems.

Author Richard Brookhiser and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the modern sensibilities of America's Founders.

JAMESTOWN’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the challenges and successes of an ever-evolving encyclopedia.

Philosophical journeys in Illinois.

A scientist makes inroads in chemistry and civil rights.

"Try Again" 

Federalists and anti-federalists put aside their differences and agree on the First Amendment in this first-place entry in the 2006 Idea of America Essay Contest.

From The Great Gatsby to Sister Carrie, writers tell stories of social climbers and fortune hunters.

John James Audubon captured a disappearing world in his paintings.

Smith's experiences as a pirate, mercenary, and Turkish slave prepare him to survive in the New World.

The eighteenth-century traveler, writer, and social climber John Ledyard joins Thomas Jefferson and a famed circle of expatriates in Paris.

Marilynne Robinson on the reception of Gilead

Tapping into Roman waters

Walt Whitman on 19th Century New York

This diva was the real deal

Conflict Endured during Colonial Period in Virginia over Morality of Christians Enslaving Other Christians

Mexican Cultural Movement in the Twenties Had Plenty of Varoom

Digital humanities enhances emotional experience of viewing AIDS Quilt

How a strident segregationist transformed into the beloved author of Little Tree.

Disney parking garage is world's largest.

A cache of photographs reveals the history of a historic Rhode Island house.