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The concert took place in front of Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment."

fleeting wonders

The Sistine Chapel Streamed a Concert Online for the First Time Ever

Don't worry if you missed it—the entire performance is available on Facebook.

When water and wind carve a path throw deep banks of snow, the effect is otherworldly.

scotland

What Is a Snow Tunnel?

Up in the Scottish Highlands, you can stand inside two seasons at once.

Oasis by Francesca Berrini and Lindsey Rickert channels postcard imagery of resorts and spas, mixing mediums to immortalize a surreal experience at Fish Lake Valley,

fellowshiphighway95series

Finding a Muse in the Supernatural

Francesca Berrini and Lindsey Rickert were inspired by Nevada's "unknown" on days three and four of "The Fellowship of Highway 95."

Vacation Delirium by Francesca Berrini and Lindsey Rickert uses original photography and found ephemera to capture Las Vegas' idiosyncratic luster by way of a traditional postcard.

fellowshiphighway95series

Cutting, Pasting, and Rearranging Reality in Las Vegas

The Fellowship of Highway 95 sent two artists up Nevada's eclectic "Free-Range Art Highway."

Solarized Rhyolite by Francesca Berrini and Lindsey Rickert portrays Rhyolite's past and present as a boomtown gone bust via collage rendered as a postcard.

fellowshiphighway95series

Making Friends in a Nevada Ghost Town

On day two of "The Fellowship of Highway 95," Lindsey Rickert and Francesca Berrini hit their stride as collaborators.

Thanks for Visiting by Francesca Berrini and Lindsey Rickert combines imagery of a sunset over Fernley, a polaroid found at Seven Magic Mountains, and pictures of signage outside Rhyolite to create an old-fashioned post card in homage to the Silver State.

fellowshiphighway95series

Creating Art to Capture Memories Before They Fade

On the final days of "The Fellowship of Highway 95," Lindsey Rickert and Francesca Berrini process what they experienced in Nevada.

A flapper posing with a flapper pillow.

1920s

Looking Like a Flapper Meant a Diet of Celery and Cigarettes

A new standard of beauty led to today’s weight-loss regimens.

Denali and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1948, photograph by Ansel Adams.

landscapes

Solved: A Decades-Old Ansel Adams Mystery

The answer was hidden in the shadows.

Cine Acapulco, Havana. This 1500-seat cinema opened in 1958 and still functions today.

theaters

The Modern Lives of Cuba's Old Movie Theaters

One photographer's four-year project to document the country's aging cinemas.

A star is born.

stars

Behold the Stormy Beauty of Stars Forming

New images from the Hubble Space Telescope capture majestic billows of gas and dust.

A dynamite blasts in front of the damaged City Hall.

silent film

Lost Footage Filmed After the 1906 San Francisco Quake Finally Gets a Premiere

The scenes, shown in a silent-film museum, provide a new glimpse of the earthquake's aftermath.

These mystery specimens don't have identification numbers to compare against the museum's register.

mistakes

A Researcher's Quest to Decode the Specimens on a Museum's Mystery Shelf

Sifting through the old, unlabeled, puzzling jars that fill a collection's junk drawer.

IV treatment helps Pillalamarri live another day.

forests

A Dying 700-Year-Old Banyan Tree Was Brought Back to Life With an IV

It's clinging to life drip-by-drip.

You don't have to knead that with your hands.

erotic

The 17th-Century Nursery Rhyme About Kneading Bread With Your Butt Cheeks

If cockle bread existed, you wouldn't want it anyway.

Rolls of dressed fiber, South Manchester, Connecticut, 1914.

fashion

How Connecticut's Homegrown Silk Industry Unraveled

The problems began with a new variety of mulberry and ended with lumpy thread.

An unmilky rana temporaria.

preservation methods

Can Putting a Frog in Milk Keep It Fresh?

Modern science may have an answer to this Russian folk belief.

A 3D reconstruction of the cow skull shows its exterior and interior perspectives.

paleontology

Around 5,000 Years Ago, People Performed Brain Surgery on This Cow

The question is: Why?

A girdle book held by the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

objects of intrigue

Go Medieval by Attaching a Book to Your Belt

They're incredibly rare today, but portable girdle books were once very handy.