EDISON'S LITTLE GLOBE OF SUNSHINE
On the eve of 1880, Thomas Edison threw a New Year’s party unlike any before or since. Let there be light!
THE "ICE FLOWERS" OF SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY
Folks in Jericho, Vermont thought the Bentley boy was crazy to be out in the snow. Then they saw his photos.
THE EINSTEIN OF GREEN LIVING
Critics scoffed but Amory Lovins has stayed on “the soft path” to renewable energy.
THE COLD WAR COMES TO VERMONT
Drafted into the Cold War, Cavendish gave Alexander Solzhenitsyn what he’d never had — a home.
THE DUNE SHACKS OF CAPE COD
Like citadels against modernity, 19 shacks stand on the edge of America. Can they survive?
TECH'S BIG COMEBACK -- VINYL!
Obsolete, old-fashioned, vinyl records went into history’s dustbin. And then. . .
FINDING ZORA
Her books forgotten, her style only a memory, Zora Neale Hurston died a pauper’s death. And then. . .
THE COMEBACK CLINIC
His arm blown out, his career finished, Tommy John tried the surgery that led to a thousand comebacks.
STAR OF JOY -- THE VOYAGES OF Hōkūle‘a
In one heroic voyage, one craft stirred the pride of Hawaiians and their ancestors.
DEEP DOWN IN CARLSBAD CAVERNS
A century after becoming famous, America’s biggest hole in the ground has yet to touch bottom.
THE WONDERFUL WORDSMITH OF OZ
From Oz to the moon, Yip Harburg’s lyrics captured America’s hopes and dreams.
PROJECT 562 -- REBIRTH OF NATIONS
Native-American portraits were stuck in the past. So Matika Wilbur set out to photograph all 562 nations.
MOWING STRAIGHT ACROSS IOWA
When his brother had a stroke, Alvin Straight headed across the Plains to see him. On a lawnmower. (As seen in “The Straight Story.”)
TRUTH'S OWN HISTORIAN -- JILL LEPORE
Despite three jobs — professor, New Yorker writer, mother — Jill Lepore solved the mystery. “Who Killed Truth?”
HANK WILLIAMS -- SON OF A GUN
Many songwriters write but only a handful embody the music, the life, the legend. Happy 100th, Hank!
LOWRIDERS -- CRUISIN' LOW AND SLOW
With pride, paint, and persistence, Low Riders are “one of the greatest things that ever happened to Mexican-Americans.”