WHERE THE HEROES LIVE
Think there are few heroes in our cynical age? The Carnegie Hero Fund knows thousands.
HARPERS FERRY -- HISTORY'S PERFECT FRAME
Two rivers and three states converge to make Harpers Ferry astonishing. But John Brown also made it historic.
WHERE TOM AND HUCK WERE BORN
Mark Twain roamed the world, but came home to an astonishing house. “There ought to be a room in this house to swear in.”
THE STEAMER, "THE SHINING," AND THE STANLEY HOTEL
F.O. Stanley needed a place to die. Stephen King needed a plot. Together they haunt the Stanley Hotel. (As seen in “The Shining.”)
DARK SKIES OVER DRIPPIN’
As Texas grows and glows, Hill Country towns are dimming the lights and saving the night sky.
RIDING THE MIRACLE RAILS -- "NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD"
The Attic journeys over the Sierras on the trackbeds of America’s epic Transcontinental Railroad.
ART + INDUSTRY + INNOVATION = MASS MOCA
Turning an old factory into a cutting-edge art museum was just the start of Mass MoCA’s magic.
THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP -- AND MINE
The Great American Road Trip is barely a century old.
FROM AMERICA'S EMPTY QUARTER
Somewhere just outside of Wolf Point, Montana, I step into the prairie wilderness.
DOWN AT THE CADILLAC RANCH
The artists of Ant Farm planted their car craziness on the Texas Panhandle. The world came. So did The Attic.
CATCH A WAVE -- IN SURF CITY
Surfing is worldwide but it took a California beach town to make it a craze. And to keep it current.
DALE CHILHULY -- THROUGH A GLASS BRIGHTLY
Glass half-blinded and nearly killed Dale Chihuly. But he became its master.
W.E.B. DUBOIS AND THE GREAT RACE DEBATE
When W.E.B. DuBois debated Lothrop Stoddard, white supremacy was laughed off the stage.
WHO WOULD GO NAZI?
Booted out of the Reich, Dorothy Thompson warned Americans of Nazis in their midst. Was anyone listening?
THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THE COMMONS
The commons was doomed, economists said. Elinor Ostrom disagreed and won a Nobel.
STEVERINO -- TELEVISION'S WISEST WIT
TV was “the boob tube” but Steve Allen brought intelligence, style, and a wacky wit that inspired generations.