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A coyote ogles some real estate.
animals

Non-Human Mammals Love the Suburbs, Too

A new study suggests they're learning to live in the urban sprawl.
Cara Giaimo October 5, 2018
Elsie Wright photographed her cousin, Frances Griffths, surrounded by fairies in July 1917.
photography

For Sale: Legendary Photographic 'Proof' of Fairies and Gnomes

In 1917, two young girls with a camera pranked the world.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 28, 2018
Visitors stare at babies in incubators at Martin Couney's New York World's Fair attraction, 1939-1940.
medicine

When Infants in Incubators Were a Sideshow Attraction

Archival photographs show the spectacle of babies who went on display, in an effort to save their lives.
Anika Burgess September 27, 2018
A photo from The Daily Herald, with the original caption "Girl acetylene welders were at their job as usual today, cutting the girders of the temporary Waterloo Bridge, which is being dismantled."
photography

Women Built London's Waterloo Bridge, But It Took These Photos to Prove It

Uncovering evidence of a long-forgotten history.
Anika Burgess September 21, 2018
Flamingos at night.
zoos

What Do Flamingos Do at Night?

Lessons from an avian surveillance project.
Cara Giaimo September 12, 2018
George R. Lawrence and his 1,400-pound camera.
trains

In 1900, Photographing an Entire Train Required the World’s Biggest Camera

With bellows big enough to stand in.
Anika Burgess September 5, 2018
<em>Mysteries of Love and Space II</em>, one of Navina Khatib's layered photos of Bolivian salt flats.
landscapes

A Surreal, Pastel Perspective on the World's Largest Salt Flat

Dreamy images of Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni.
Anika Burgess August 29, 2018
Fireside in his classic pose.
sewers

The Marvelous Manholes of Massachusetts

An afternoon with Daniel Fireside, one of the Boston area's most dedicated drainspotters.
Cara Giaimo August 28, 2018
<em>People in Interiors</em>, from <em>The Sociological Record</em>, Ostropa, Silesia, 1980.
houses

Zofia Rydet Spent the Last Decades of Her Life Trying to Photograph Every House in Poland

Inside an archive of more than 20,000 documentary images.
Anika Burgess August 24, 2018
Winged skates from the Strathcona Palace Pier rink, Toronto, Canada.
collections

When Local Roller Rinks Had Their Own Collectible Stickers

Distinctive designs from the "Golden Age" of roller-skating.
Anika Burgess August 23, 2018
Arne Jacobsen's Skovshoved gas station, Copenhagen, Denmark.
roadside attractions

Sometimes, Gas Stations Are Beautiful

A new book captures their strange appeal.
Anika Burgess August 9, 2018
A western basilisk lizard—one of nearly 500* types of Ecuadorian reptiles that have gotten the lightbox photo treatment from Tropical Herping.
science

Glamour Shots of Reptiles, Brought to You by Science

"All right Mr. Herpetologist, I'm ready for my close-up."
Cara Giaimo August 2, 2018
Members of the Boulder City Consulting Board and other officials standing in a section of pipe over the Hoover Dam, 1935.
photography

Famous Landmarks, Before They Were Finished

Revealing photos of works-in-progress.
Anika Burgess July 24, 2018
One of Neubronner's pigeons, with camera.
pigeons

For a Brief, Glorious Moment, Camera-Wielding Pigeons Spied From Above

In the early 20th century, Julius Neubronner turned his birds into photographers.
Anika Burgess July 13, 2018
victorian

Inside a Victorian Photo Shoot at Stonehenge

Early images of people enjoying and surveying the monument were recently released to the public for the first time.
Cara Giaimo July 9, 2018
Alice Austen House.
Staten Island, New York

Alice Austen House

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.
Skowhegan, Maine, May 1992.
architecture

The Mystery Man Who Spent 20 Years Photographing North American Buildings

His name was Barry Gfeller, and he left behind an astonishing 50,000 previously unseen images.
Anika Burgess July 6, 2018
Idaho yard.
transportation

The Dangers of Train Yards, Through the Eyes of Railroad Employees

A collection of photos from the 1960s tried to show why locomotives need two people in the cab.
Sarah Laskow July 3, 2018