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A local resident crosses the Apurímac River via a traditional rope bridge in Peru.
science

Peru’s Incan Rope Bridges Are Hanging by a Thread

A remarkable ancient technology and tradition that united communities in the Andes is fading into history.
Lidio Valdez and Cirilo Vivanco September 27, 2021
Man Slopping Pigs
Falls Church, Virginia

'The Man Slopping Pigs'

This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.
List

Playing With Light and Perspective With One of Our Top Photo Contributors

Patience pays off.
Jonathan Carey September 24, 2021
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Indian Pueblo Kitchen

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Team members have found the bones of more than 50 animals sacrificed in a courtyard at Casas del Turuñuelo.
ancient technology

The Ancient People Who Burned Their Culture to the Ground

At a site in Spain, archaeologists piece together the last days of Tartessos, an advanced society that vanished 2,500 years ago.
Blair Mastbaum September 23, 2021
The graffiti of the <em>bastazi</em> includes recounting of historic events.
plague

A Secret History of Venice Is Written on the Walls of Its Quarantine Stations

A look inside the Mediterranean trading power, courtesy of its hard-working 16th-century porters.
Federico Formica September 21, 2021
Berbera, Somalia

Berbera Shipwrecks

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.
A 1,500-year-old pile of argali sheep skulls and horn curls, perhaps intentionally stacked by ancient hunters, melts from a glacier margin in western Mongolia.
science

Mongolia's Melting Ice Reveals Fragile Prehistoric Artifacts

Researchers scramble to find and study everyday items preserved for millennia and now at risk.
William Taylor September 20, 2021
Inez Cook at her restaurant.
restaurants

How a First Nations Restaurateur Found Her Family Through Food

For more than a decade, Salmon n' Bannock has been serving indigenous cuisine and stories in Vancouver.
Diana Hubbell September 16, 2021
Dowden's Ordinary "ghost tavern"
Clarksburg, Maryland

Dowden's Ordinary Park

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!
Nine Mens Misery
Cumberland, Rhode Island

Nine Mens Misery

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.
Manila Village, built well after St. Malo was established, included a fishing platform and general store near the town of Jean Lafitte, south of New Orleans.
culture

The Challenges of Reclaiming Filipino Louisiana's Centuries-Old History

Members of what is perhaps the oldest Asian community in the United States are committed to preserving—and sharing—their story.
Ethan Sandweiss September 10, 2021
Thomas Judd Store with the Bentley House immediately behind.
St. George, Utah

Judd’s General Store

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.
Tarpon can weigh 250 pounds and leap 10 feet in the air while trying to throw off the hook.
sports

The Lasting Allure—and Bruising Challenge—of Courting Florida's Silver King

Tarpon, a powerful game fish, helped make the state a tourism hub more than a century ago.
Lina Zeldovich September 9, 2021
Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania

Bedford Springs Resort

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.
Monument to Flight
space exploration

How We Got Our Wings

Tracing the history of air travel in North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Banff, Alberta

Cave and Basin National Historic Site

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.
A Tokyo soba noodle delivery in 1956.
food

Remembering Tokyo’s Golden Age of Noodle Delivery by Bicycle

The demae cycled one-handed while balancing dozens of boxes of soba noodles.
Diana Hubbell September 2, 2021