The Oscar-Winning Movie Where the Stars Were All Birds
If it’s not the strangest movie ever to come out of Hollywood, it’s close enough. And of all the strange movies to come out of Hollywood, it is likely the…
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Stones on the Run: A Death Valley Spectacle
In its March 10, 1952 issue LIFE magazine served its readers photos of the “sailing rocks” of the Racetrack Playa, a dry lake bed near Death Valley, California. The stones…
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The Original Vacation Spot
Lake George, N.Y. makes an unusual claim to fame: it touts itself as the America’s original vacation spot. The basis of that claim? In 1869 a Boston preacher named William…
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Birds: The World’s Most Remarkable Creatures
The following is from LIFE’s beautifully illustrated new special edition, Birds: The World’s Most Remarkable Creatures, available at newsstands and online: The first bird I fell in love with—my “spark…
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Cats: Companions in Life
The following story comes from the introduction to LIFE’s special issue, Cats: Companions in Life. One morning, some years ago when I was living in New York City, I gathered…
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When Maine Got Its Caribou Back
They say you can’t beat mother nature, but every now and then people give it a shot. Every now and then it works—rivers are rerouted, new crops are introduced. So…
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