Smithsonian Articles

Immortalized by Longfellow, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is still worth celebrating, from its rocky cliffs to its Gilded Age cabins

Now overgrown by jungle, the ancient site of El Mirador was once the thriving capital of the Maya civilization

Scientists probe our nearest star to help predict its ravaging solar storms and then some

Soil from Jerusalem's Temple Mount is yielding artifacts of biblical proportion

Peru's mega-dam will bring a flood of benefits to the region. But at what cost?

A new book illuminates the marvelous and mysterious world inside our heads

In out-of-this-world images, the Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes show us parts of the universe not on our wavelength.

Scientists in Montana study the elusive lynx in its wintry haunts. Their goal: save the “ghost cat”.

New aerial photographs of industrial sites provoke a strange mix of admiration and concern

A German archaeologist has finally deciphered the Roman amphitheater's amazing underworld