If the sight of storm clouds gathering over Lake Geneva puts you in a dark mood, then you have an idea of Mary Shelley"s frame of mind when she conceived the story that would become her seminal work. While Shelley wrote several historical novels and travel books, it was this macabre story of a grotesque creature that made her legacy.
Frankenstein Friday
Today in History
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Computer Science Education Week
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Travel Sunday: San Francisco
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Where fire meets water
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On the hunt
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World Art Day
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Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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Pascua Florida Day
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A path to access
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Don’t look down
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Here there be dragons
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth in cecropia tree, Costa Rica
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An island in the Highlands
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Freshwater plants in Aquário Natural, Brazil
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Goðafoss waterfall, Iceland
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Mexico celebrates its Independence Day
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Listening to the sea
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Sedona, Arizona
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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It s not always sunny in Abu Simbel…
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New York City skyline
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One for the books
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A universe underground