WHEN PAPER AIRPLANES PASSED THE TEST
Paper wings made dreamers of millions, but it took a magazine to make them matter.
THE FILM THAT SANCTIFIED SUMMER
Far more than a surf film, “The Endless Summer” called to the dreamer in all of us.
SAILING DOWN PETE'S GOLDEN RIVER
When the Hudson got filthy, a man with a banjo got busy. And The Clearwater set sail.
OUR BACKYARD NATIONAL PASTIME
Speed and reflexes make baseball a tough game. Wiffle ball makes it everyone’s game.
WHERE THE FUTURE STUDIED
During dark times, an upstart college dared to open the doors to the future — of art, dance, poetry, music. . .
HOW BURNING MAN GOT SO HOT
From a small bonfire on a beach, Burning Man has grown to 75,000 joyous Burners in the Nevada desert. Why not?
THANK YOU, RAY BRADBURY!
Born into a world of radios and Model T’s, he envisioned a fantastic future. And you can’t say he didn’t warn us.
THE WOMAN WHO BUILT THE GRAND CANYON
Back when women did not build, Mary Jane Colter wove the ancient and the modern into canyon wonders.
THE MAN WHO KNEW IT ALL
Along with writing classic science fiction, Isaac Asimov explained. . . everything!!!!
THE UNIVERSE TURNS 100
A century ago, Edwin Hubble expanded our horizons beyond imagination.
THE BAREFOOT PROPHET OF WHOLE FOODS
Wheatgrass and sprouts? Carrot juice and raw nuts? What would that kooky Gypsy Boots eat next?
THE POET AND HER WILD GEESE
Weaving wonder out of darkness, Mary Oliver became America’s favorite poet.
A GENIUS AND HIS MAGIC CAMERAS
Photography was anything but instant before Edwin Land made a magic camera called Polaroid.
TV'S FINEST DIMENSION
Through the worst seasons of TV’s “wasteland,” Rod Serling brought intelligence and irony to “the boob tube.”
STAR OF JOY -- THE VOYAGE OF Hōkūle‘a
In one heroic voyage, one craft stirred the pride of Hawaiians and their ancestors.
THE CYCLISTS WHO MAPPED AMERICA
Four cyclists, one dream, 4,000 riders coast-to-coast. The Bikecentennial opened America to two-wheeled adventure.