The Erie Canal at 200
Finished in October 1825, the Erie Canal connected increasingly specialized regions, altering the economic landscape of the northeast United States.
Documenting a Disappearing Architecture
The Heinz Gaube Lebanese Architectural Photographs Collection, supported by an innovative mapping project, details threatened buildings across Lebanon.
The Fifteenth Amendment: Annotated
The brevity of the Fifteenth Amendment of the US Constitution belies its impact on American voting rights.
A Whale of a Shark
The largest fish, Rhincodon typus, is obviously not a whale, but it’s also unusual for a shark.
“Space Tornadoes” Could Cause Geomagnetic Storms
But these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study.
Topless King in Pedal Canoe!
By exposing his skin on a sunny day, King Edward VIII offered a reminder that a monarch is, after all, nothing but a person.
“Mad About Geology”: Charles Darwin’s Origin Story
At university and in the field, Darwin trained his scientific thinking as would a geologist, seeking causal explanations for observed natural phenomena.
Los Angeles’s War on Tramps
In the 1880s, Los Angeles began a large-scale project of incarcerating unemployed men whom they viewed as a threat to the vigor of white America.
Under Moose Jaw: Tourism Or History?
Moose Javians’ confidence and reputation are rooted in a unique, if fanciful, story, developed after the economic downturn of the 1980s and 1990s.
A House Divided—Between Front and Back
In many restaurants, front and back of house workers are divided by language and culture in ways that affect the careers of both groups.