In 1864 a woman in southwest Georgia climbed a guard tower at the Civil War prisoner of war camp near Andersonville, and peered down into the stockade. Camp Sumter teamed with thousands of Union prisoners–skeletal men shuffling about in tattered rags in open, fetid air or lying, some near death, in hovels called “she-bangs”. She [...]

If you can pull yourself away from Graceland, spend one more day in Memphis and see two museums for half the price. Through October 9, admission to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art also opens the door at Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Both museums showcase special exhibits of American and French art of the late [...]

Beside a two-lane road near Lumpkin, Georgia, a ‘village” rises from the past in a woodland clearing, where time has stopped in the mid-19th century.  Westville, an assemblage of thirty authentic buildings, portrays life in a Georgia town emerging from the wilderness in 1850. In those structures, swept yards, and sand streets the wood-smoke scented [...]

Near the pinnacle of his career, French photographer Marc Riboud climbed with his camera to the “roof of the world.” In 1985, by then a seasoned professional, Riboud aimed his Leica into the thin air of Tibet and captured breathtaking images in the brilliant light of a near sun. Twenty-six of them are on display [...]