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Constructing cables on the Golden Gate Bridge

Steel into Gold

A steel town in New Jersey made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.

By Edward Tenner

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
The Porch at Hearthside

Picture Perfect

A cache of photographs reveals the history of a historic Rhode Island house.

By Nina Markov

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
Asa Carter

Self-made Man

How a strident segregationist transformed into the beloved author of Little Tree.

By Kevin Mahnken

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
cover of Unique Slant of Light

Southern Imagination

A new book examines centuries of art in Louisiana.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
Mount Vernon's Hotel Belvedere.

Street Sense

Walking tours of Baltimore's Mount Vernon reveal a neighborhood's literary roots and architectural gems.

By Jen Kalaidis

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
Simmie Knox's portrait of John Hope Franklin.

To See a Face

Simmie Knox's bumpy road from abstract artist to presidential portraitist.

 

By Henry Wiencek

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
A diver examines the wreck of U-85.

Into the Deep

U-boats off the Carolina Coast were part of Germany's attack against American shipping in World War II.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
Sixteenth-century Spanish vessels

Underwater Clues

Two of Florida's oldest shipwrecks reveal colonists' hopes.

By James Williford

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
Family of Lars Stavig

The Life of a Norwegian Pioneer

One brother in South Dakota and one in Norway share their lives through letters.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
Jens Jensen

Jens Jensen Designs the Prairie

Jens Jensen found inspiration in the prairie for landscape design.

By Anna Maria Gillis

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3