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

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

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

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

Goats, rodents and habitat loss threatened the snails on Deserta Grande Island, so the mollusks were reintroduced on a ...

Northup’s memoir told the story of his kidnapping and years of enslavement in Louisiana. The book became a national best ...

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

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

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

In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry, archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more ...

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

Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most ...