In 1828, when Andrew Jackson was elected president, he promised to expand the United States westward. His justification for expansion seemed to him self-evident, for "What good man would prefer a ...
Picture this. French oak casks maturing sherry in Spain’s famous Jerez region. The best region for sherry making. The thick syrupy sherry sinking into the wood of the casks. Then after being emptied ...
View 15 awe-inspiring images of this range from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi Snowdrifts stranded the vehicle in the ...
Westward the Women The femmes who helped settle the west didn't chase the sun via cozy streamliners or luxury planes. Showing just what the hardships of such a crossing were and the valiant spirit ...