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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Ansel Adams

(via mental_floss) You probably know Ansel Adams—born on February 20, 1902—as the man who helped promote the National Park Service

(via Atlas Obscura) Beachside sculptors, eat your hearts out—Sudarsan Pattnaik just built the tallest sandcastle in the world, on a

(via mental_floss) American painter Gilbert Stuart’s legacy is defined, in part, by his iconic painting of the first U.S. President,

(via mental_floss) The objective of each Where’s Waldo? book is simple enough: comb through the crowds of people to find

(via mental_floss) It’s easy to dismiss Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 as a senseless splatter of paint—but even if you

(via mental_floss) Few paintings are as iconic as Grant Wood’s American Gothic. The piece’s staging is so embedded into American

(via Atlas Obscura) Most people are familiar with that most clichéd of old cinema tropes: the damsel-in-distress, tied to the railroad tracks by

(via mental_floss) In the 14 years he spent planning, sculpting, and overseeing the completion of the Mount Rushmore monument, artist

(via Great Big Story) Who knew that your favorite elementary school pastime had such noble origins? In the 16th century,

(via Atlas Obscura) The new book: Master Works: Rare and Beautiful Chess Sets shows, shows that even with the apparent

(via mental_floss) our passport is the one thing you always have with you when you travel around the world, so

(via Good) Most tourists purchase a souvenir of the places they visit while at the landmark or attraction. But a