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'Portrait of Mai' Comes Home to the Getty Oct 25, 2026
By Athena Lucero The Getty Museum's Italian travertine campus in Los Angeles was the dramatic hilltop setting for the world-class institution's introduction of "Mai" to America — not in person but by way of his stunning likeness in a 7-foot-tal... Read More
Learn About Endangered Species at Select Zoos Oct 24, 2026
By Victor Block The next time you visit a zoo and see emperor penguins, take a good look. Unfortunately, the tallest and heaviest of the penguin species may be headed for extinction. If so, it will join other animals that no longer exist in their nat... Read More
A Pennsylvania-Ohio Ride on the Great American Rail-Trail Oct 18, 2026
By Jim Farber A 3% gradient may not sound like much. But in the age of rural railroads and steam locomotives, a 3% grade over the Kokosing Gap (connecting Danville and Gambier, Ohio) was as steep as it could go. So when I found myself huffing and puf... Read More
Steubenville, Ohio -- Oh, My! Oct 17, 2026
By Jim Farber I have always been fascinated by America's great river towns, large and small. That being said, I was not prepared for the remarkable layers of history to be found in Steubenville, Ohio, on the eastern bank of the Ohio River. Fort Steub... Read More
