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May 2007
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Features
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Beyond Jamestown
After the colony was founded, 400 years ago this month, Capt. John Smith set out to explore the riches of Chesapeake Bay
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Cajun Country
Zydeco and étouffée still reign in western Louisiana, where the zesty gumbo known as Acadian culture has simmered since 1764
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The Berkshires
The hills are alive with the sounds of Tanglewood plus modern dance, the art of Norman Rockwell and a tradition that goes back to Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Galena, Illinois
Ulysses S. Grant's postwar retreat is not the only reason to visit this restored Victorian showcase
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Highlights & Hotspots
A selection of the season's noteworthy events
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What Camera?
Look what photographer Robert Creamer can do with a flatbed scanner
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Greg Carr's Big Gamble
In a watershed experiment, the Boston entrepreneur is putting $40 million of his own money into a splendid but ravaged park in Mozambique
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Epic Hero
How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years
Departments
They Needed to Talk
And family friend William Eggleston, his camera at his side, felt compelled to shoot
The New World's Oldest Calendar
Research at a 4,200-year-old temple in Peru yields clues to an ancient people who may have clocked the heavens
Organization Man
Carl Linnaeus, born 300 years ago, brought order to nature's blooming, buzzing confusion
Doodle Dandy
With a few deft strokes, Saul Steinberg turned institutional letterhead into signature works of whimsy
Interview: Daniel Gilbert
What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict