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A Monumental Struggle to Preserve Hagia Sophia
In Istanbul, secularists and fundamentalists clash over restoring the nearly 1,500 year-old structure
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Lexington Is Kim Edwards' Old Kentucky Home
Far from her Northern roots, the best-selling novelist discovers a new sense of home amid rolling hills and Thoroughbred farms
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Pakistan's Sufis Preach Faith and Ecstasy
The believers in Islamic mysticism embrace a personal approach to their faith and a different outlook on how to run their country’s government
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The Pygmies' Plight
A correspondent who chronicled their lives in central African rain forests returns a decade later and is shocked by what he finds
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A Capitol Vision From a Self-Taught Architect
In 1792, William Thornton designed America's defining monument, where a new visitor center opens in December
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From Castro to Warhol to Mother Teresa, He Photographed Them All
Yousuf Karsh took a singular approach to fame and the famous. As the centennial of his birth approaches, do his photographs hold up?
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The Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon's Murder
One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother, Ben, would never be the same
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44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved
Mary Pinchot Meyer's death remains a mystery. But it's her life that holds more interest now
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Gettysburg Address Displayed at Smithsonian
Lincoln's timeless speech during the Civil War endures as a national treasure
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Q and A: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The world-famous installation artists responsible for The Gates and Running Fence discuss the upcoming Smithsonian exhibit about their works
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The National Museum of Natural History's Sant Ocean Hall illuminates the murky waters of the deep blue sea
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Sitting Bull's legacy, Native American languages, a national list of events and more
Two Hundred Years of Abraham Lincoln
This February, the country will commemorate the 200th birthday of our beloved 16th president, Abraham Lincoln
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