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. Daily Edition • March 17, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If you’re celebrating the holiday with a pint or a plate of corned beef and cabbage, you might be doing so at a local Irish pub — cornerstones of community in much of the U.S. That’s especially true in Chicago, where the city’s oldest Irish bar has been operating since 1938. Go inside Shinnick’s Pub, which has been passed down through three generations of the same family. Must Reads Who is Banksy? A Reuters investigation...

. Daily Edition • March 16, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Did you leave your didgeridoo at the airport? If so, it might be at this store in Scottsboro, Alabama. The Aboriginal Australian wind instrument is among “the most incredible and bizarre items” left behind at U.S. airports last year, according to Unclaimed Baggage’s 2026 Found Report. Other highlights include a pair of samurai swords, gold-plated golf clubs, and a fully assembled robot. Read the fascinating rundown. Must Reads If you missed the...

Sunday Edition • March 15, 2026 SUPPORTED BY The 98th Academy Awards are tonight, and several nominated films are book adaptations, like Train Dreams and Hamnet. But according to Smithsonian magazine’s Michelle Mehrtens, even some of those that aren’t may be best enjoyed alongside written material. The arts and culture correspondent put together a list of 10 books that complement this year’s Oscar-nominated movies. Click here for a refresh on all the nominees ahead of the show, airing live at...

. Daily Edition • March 14, 2026 SUPPORTED BY As the Winter Paralympics begin to wind down ahead of tomorrow’s closing ceremony, we want to honor some of the stars behind the scenes of the competition: the service dogs. From Pickle, the guide dog for British Paralympian Hester Poole, to Gigi, who assists Australian Navy vet and Para skier Taryn Dickens, meet some of the pups who help the athletes day in and out. Must Reads In an “unprecedented milestone,” a rare blue whale with albinism was...

. Daily Edition • March 13, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you have people coming over to watch the Oscars on Sunday night, you’re going to want a menu that matches the star power of the people who’ll be walking the red carpet. Think: jellied Champagne, dirty martini-inspired small bites, and, if you really want to splurge, maybe even a caviar-topped “pizza.” All those recipes and more found here. Happy watching (and eating)! Must Reads Meet the Chilean architect who won the Nobel of architecture...

. Daily Edition • March 12, 2026 SUPPORTED BY How many U.S. states have you visited? Louise Story, the CEO of Atlas Obscura, has been to 39 — but she’s planning to up that number to 50 by the time America’s 250th birthday comes around on July 4. As she journeys to hit the remaining 11 states, Story is scoping out lesser-known destinations, like the Stonehenge replica made of antique cars in Nebraska and the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Indiana. “I am choosing to see more of...

Editors’ Picks • March 11, 2026 There are a lot of fun “holidays” on the calendar that fly under the radar, and today’s is certainly one of the most obscure — but we felt the history behind it deserved some attention. March 11 is National Johnny Appleseed Day, honoring the man who became a key figure in American folklore and the work he did planting apple trees across more than 100,000 square miles of wilderness. Learn about his life (including his real name and why many modern renderings...