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An Unexpectedly Modern “Fairy Wedding”
Tom Thumb’s marriage was a mix of celebrity gossip, capitalist hustle, and true love
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The Brief But Spectacular Era of Balloon Mania
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There Are People Who Can See and Others Who Cannot Even Look
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How Ancient People Saw Themselves
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How a Forgotten Battle Created a More Peaceful World
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How to Tame a River
Should the Rhine be for poets, industry, or tourists?
Dec 28, 2025
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Looking Back, Looking Ahead
It’s close to the end of the year, so it’s time to look back, which should be something that comes naturally for this newsletter.
Dec 21, 2025
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Cheese Mites and Sludge Worms: The Origins of Grossout Cinema
Prepare for a “fine attack of the jim-jams!”
Dec 17, 2025
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The Lost Valley
Was the damming of Hetch Hetchy a crime against nature or a necessity?
Dec 14, 2025
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From Pearl River to Gold Mountain
How Chinese immigrants helped create the West
Dec 7, 2025
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Inventing Breakfast
The history of the most important (or least essential?) meal of the day
Dec 3, 2025
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Wonderland, Incorporated
Marketing the national parks
Nov 30, 2025
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Only to the White Man Was Nature a Wilderness
Native Americans in the national parks
Nov 23, 2025
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The Best General View of Yosemite
How Carleton Watkins' photography shaped ideas of the West
Nov 16, 2025
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