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On Nov. 13, Heritage Auctions will offer a rare gilded bronze reduction of Saint-Gaudens’s Victory as the centerpiece of its American Art Signature® Auction. The sculpture’s connections reach from the ...

The North American continent has some awe-inspiring trees, so to take the title of "largest" is no small feat. If you're on the West Coast, don't miss this one.

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Bundled in a parka against a biting wind with a carpenter’s level in hand, Mike Brady, 88, laid out the foundation for ...

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The best-selling historian sits down with National Geographic to talk about his fast-paced new book that places San Francisco at the center of American events.