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Featured Articles

America’s Venice

Author: John Lukacs

RALPH WALDO EMERSON SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY U.S. CITIZEN WHO HASN’T FALLEN UNDER THE CITY’S SPELL.

The Other Cape

Author: Linda Mck. Stewart

ON THE RUGGED COAST NORTH OF BOSTON, FOUR TOWNS SHARE A LONG HISTORY OF MORTAL PERIL AND ENDURING BEAUTY.

The Erie Rising

Author: Rosanne Haggerty

All along its 360-mile route, towns to which the canal gave birth are looking to its powerful ghost for economic revival.

Return To Midway

Author: Shirley Streshinsky

THE ATOLL WHERE THE TIDE OF THE PACIFIC WAR TURNED IS NOW BOTH A STIRRING
HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND A STUNNING WILD LIFE REFUGE.

Company Town

Author: David Lander

COLLINSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, RETAINS ALL THE EARMARKS OF ITS 19TH-CENTURY VIGOR—AND MANY DESCENDANTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO FUELED IT