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A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

False Cape State Park in Virginia Beach offers the rare modern miracle: a beach without crowds, without noise, and without a ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society Presents: SOLD OUT The Axelrod String Quartet – Stradivarius and Amati Series Sat. May 3, ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

You should know the name. Jamie was a D Magazine contributor for about six years. She wrote a 2013 story about what killed Kidd Kraddick. She wrote a 2015 story about Susan Hawk, Dallas’ onetime ...

Throughout history, it has killed tens of millions and infected hundreds ... A patient with smallpox at North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney. Image credit: courtesy National Museum of Australia How ...

A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this ...

National Park Service staff work tirelessly to provide park visitors with a truthful accounting of the people and places at the center of American history. That should not change, regardless of which ...

The National Science Foundation leads the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot, a two-year effort to better understand researchers' computing, data, modeling, software and user ...