1996

AMERICANS have been scaling down their cities for a century and a half

A SERIES of remarkable dioramas show a hard-working, well-worn city at street level

AFTER TRYING TO PRODUCE DRINKABLE WINE for 300 years, we finally got the hang of it ... so effectively that, in the last quarter-century, our results have raised the quality of winemaking all over the world.

A VETERAN JOURNALIST reflects on how public discourse has been tarnished by the press’s relentless war against presidents, including his own biggest offense.

COMING TO TERMS WITH THE MOST COMPELLING AND MYSTERIOUS OF CIVIL WAR HEROES

ROBERT MOSES built small with the same imperial vigor as he built big, and, at his behest, the art of making scale-model cities reached its peak. The result still survives, and, although few New Yorkers know about it, they can see their whole town, right down to their own houses or apartment buildings, perfectly reproduced.

Five centuries of American hangovers, and the single greatest faux pas in New York City history

At the age of 11, Roger Tory Peterson had an experience that produced a major hobby and a new industry.

In New Bern, North Carolina, enjoy the holidays in 1770 and 1830 and 1940.

Purple Haze