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Service

The Harvey Girls of the Historic Grand Canyon El Tovar Hotel. Note their prim uniforms.

When American Waitresses Were Labeled 'Women of Ill Repute'

The 400-year history of the restaurant industry's #MeToo moment.

Reina Gattuso September 16, 2019

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Dunkle's Gulf Service

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

The water is full of wonders.

How to Decode the Shells You Find Washed Up on the Beach

A beginner's guide to identifying conchs, chitons, and more.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 28, 2024

Here's how to shake up your perspective.

8 Tips for Seeing a Familiar Place in a Totally New Way

Get ready to fall in love all over again.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 18, 2018

Tune in!

Teach Yourself to Echolocate

A beginner's guide to navigating with sound.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 11, 2018

This family portrait of Jupiter and Io, one of its moons, is a montage of images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2007.

How to See Jupiter in All Its Glory

Throughout May, the gas giant will be close to Earth and visible all night long.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 8, 2018

A page from the Zibaldone da Venice, a 14th-century hodgepodge.

How to Keep a Zibaldone, the 14th Century's Answer to Tumblr

After their invention by Venetian merchants, forms of these books were kept by everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Thomas Jefferson.

Cara Giaimo August 29, 2016

The Clintons' cat, Socks, takes the podium in 1993.

11 Ways To Get a Letter from the White House

All it takes is planning and a little patience.

Cara Giaimo August 1, 2016

A member of the US Capitol Police maneuvers a bomb disposal robot through Washington D.C.

Find The Police Robots Near You With This Handy Map

Are you living near a PackBot?

Cara Giaimo July 25, 2016