It's not the first time savvy entrepreneurs have marketed canned air to tourists. Similar products have been sold at vacation destinations for decades

The Whitney Museum has been gifted 400 works by the famed pop artist, while the Smithsonian Archives of American Art will receive half a million documents

Some 250 volunteers transported more than 2,000 books

This story and others have come to light during a project to translate and digitize a series of texts about archbishops in York, England

The actress becomes the first wheelchair user ever to take home the coveted prize at the 73rd annual award show

‘Our goal is to provide full flexibility, 24/7,’ one resident said. ‘If you want to cut the lawn at 4 a.m., then you do it.’

On this day in 1912, a team found the remains of Robert Falcon Scott and the crew of the "Terra Nova" expedition. A would-be rescuer said he was forever haunted by the "horrible nightmare"

A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E.

During a release of captive-bred snails in September, researchers discovered wild-born individuals from the Partula tohiveana species—which had been considered extinct in the wild—marking a huge milestone in a global effort to save them

Sławomir and Szymon Milewski were searching for a Roman road when they stumbled upon the cache of coins, which is worth more than $120,000

Mary, a 54-year-old Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo, is the “queen of showering,” but her companion Anchali seems to have figured out how to exploit that habit to play pranks

The 1951 artwork, "La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman)," stands over six feet tall and features paintings of "hybrid creatures and lush dreamscapes"

These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show why it’s one of the most-visited nations on earth

The team traveled from New Zealand to Tonga along a humpback highway to collect environmental DNA and raise awareness of the plight of the marine mammals

Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna

From Scotland to Japan, these multiday treks offer adventure and a truly immersive experience

From Setsubun in Japan to Fèt Gede in Haiti, these festivals relish in the macabre

Eight years into living in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, I embrace the seasonal plunge into total darkness

See photographs of the beautiful natural wonders from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

In the late 19th century, city officials turned the final resting place for 10,000 souls into what's now Greenwich Village’s James J. Walker Park

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history

These amazing images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show the Arctic animals at their fierce but adorable best

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Get acquainted with the Big Apple’s major sights by browsing through these remarkable travel photos submitted to our photo contest

Michelle Frankfurter tells the stories of these young migrants and also those of the thousands who jump aboard “the death train”

It's curtains for the NASA mission's close relationship with the satellite

"Fascinating, Captain"

The surge of hungry four-legged visitors to Belushya Guba is part of a larger trend

As of last Wednesday, at least 3,500 sea turtles have been rescued from freezing waters in the midst record-breaking winter storm

The trend is a result of women deciding to have children later in life and the use of medically assisted reproduction methods

In a twist befitting its pages, the satirical, anti-establishment publication that delivered laughs and hijinks to generations of young readers gets the respect it always deserved with a new museum exhibition

A new book charts the history of pet cemeteries and honors the universal experience of grieving an animal companion

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis

It fell to Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman whose racial identity was kept secret for decades, to catalog J.P. Morgan's immense collection of books and art

A century on, the country’s most beloved Thursday spectacle reaches new heights

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show how communities in Mexico and beyond mark Día de los Muertos.

A clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone for those dealing with death and loss

It’s easy to write bugs off as pests, but consider the ways in which they have positively impacted our lives

The terms “snake oil” and “snake-oil salesperson” are part of the vernacular thanks to Clark Stanley, a quack doctor who marketed a product for joint pain in the late 19th century

The artificial waste could fertilize the ocean and sequester carbon

Manufacturing a Bentley in the traditional way is a time-consuming nod to their brand heritage. Each hand-crafted wheel can take 4.5 hours to finish

Adverse weather has cancelled ferry crossings between Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia heading into the long weekend.

Newfoundland filmmaker Justin Simms is releasing his latest film called Sons. It was prompted by the birth of his son and left him wondering how traditional masculine behaviour is learned.

Nellie Winters is 87. From the time she was a child, her hands and mind have been busy pursuing her love of Inuit art and craft.

Police have reported that a man was fatally electrocuted in Torbay on Saturday evening. Two others are being treated for injuries.

Bombardier control box recovered during second dive to a World War 2 bomber at the bottom of Gander Lake.

Monday marks the first Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in St. John's to include the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We're proud to present again two documentaries that tell a remarkable story.

Large crowds came together at city hall in Corner Brook to lay wreaths and honour veterans on Monday. The ceremony portion was completed with a playing of the Last Post.