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    The Secret of Tuxedo Park | Article

    Tower House Science Squad

    These are the men who visited what Albert Einstein called a “palace of science” — a lab where the greatest scientists from around the world came to work and exchange ideas.

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    Into the Amazon | Digital Short

    Cândido Rondon

    The explorer was considered the Lewis and Clark of Brazil, and kept Theodore Roosevelt alive on the journey through the Amazon.

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    Into the Amazon | Digital Short

    Isolated Tribes

    There are approximately 100 tribes in the Amazon rainforest that have not interacted with the modern world.

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    Into the Amazon | Article

    Diary of an Amazon Journey

    Naturalist and explorer George Cherrie kept a meticulous diary of the journey down an uncharted river in the Brazilian Amazon, which he took with Theodore Roosevelt in 1914.

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    The Race Underground | Digital Short

    Blizzard of 1888

     It was one of the worst blizzards in American history, dumping four feet of snow and leaving hundreds dead.

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    Into the Amazon | Article

    TR's Bookshelf

    Theodore Roosevelt's great-grandson discusses the president's love of Lincoln, penchant for Hungarian poetry, and the book that inspired his conservation legacy.

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    Wine in America

    How the Gold Rush, Prohibition, and a 1990s news report helped define American wine consumption. 

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    Did you hear the one about Bob Hope?

    The iconic entertainer delivered his unique brand of humor to troops around the globe and into the living rooms of millions of Americans. Read a conversation with his biographer. 

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    Coming in 2018

    Executive Producer Mark Samels on what's coming to American Experience in early 2018.

  • Escape from Saigon poster image canonical_images/feature/Escape_from_Saigon_Canonical_without_text.jpg XXX Comic
    Last Days in Vietnam | Comic

    Escape from Saigon

    As North Vietnamese forces swept into Saigon in April of 1975, one family risked everything to escape.

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    The Nantucket Sea Monster

    Before it graced the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Tony Sarg's sea monster stalked the coast of Nantucket. 

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    The Great War | Digital Short

    Le Chemin des Dames

    Word of these caves and this graffiti had been passed down from generation to generation. Richard Rubin went in search of them.

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