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Turkey

A Thanksgiving Plateful of Places

From a turkey tribute to a potato hotel, there's more than enough to go around here.

Roxanne Hoorn November 22, 2024

Actress Virginia Gibson, photographed circa 1952, getting into the Thanksgiving spirit in a novel way.

7 Surprising Stories About Thanksgiving

Raccoon for dinner, the woman who pitched Thanksgiving, and why turkey isn't even that good.

Roxanne Hoorn November 22, 2024

In the Strickland family chapel, turkeys take center stage.

This Turkey Church Is Just One Way People Celebrate the Humble Bird

The ceremonial significance of the turkey goes back much further than Thanksgiving.

Sam O'Brien November 11, 2024

Lunch at Huber's

Portland, Oregon

Huber’s

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

A wild turkey displays its tail feathers.

How Turkey Tails Became a National Dish in Samoa

Americans’ appetite for the bird had unintended consequences.

Michael Carolan November 15, 2021

Hartford, Connecticut

Statue of Jack the Pardoned Turkey

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

New York, New York

Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Permanently Closed

Johnson Creek, Wisconsin

Gobbler Theater

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

Brooklyn, New York

Turk's Inn

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

Kars Goose With Bulgur Wheat

In Northeast Turkey, one special bird makes a cultural and culinary centerpiece.

Feast of the Hunters' Moon

The autumn event re-creates meals shared by French settlers and Native Americans at an 18th-century fort.

The birds are rarely well behaved.

Herndon, Virginia

Kidwell Farm

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

There are Puritans and then there are Puritans, like actress Virginia Gibson, photographed circa 1952, before almost all turkeys were white.

Why America's Thanksgiving Turkey Is So Boring

The bland appeal of the Broad Breasted White.

Natasha Frost November 22, 2017

All illustrations by Matt Lubchansky

C.S. Lewis's Greatest Fiction Was Convincing American Kids That They Would Like Turkish Delight

What would the perfect fantasy treat look like? Depending on where you're from, probably not this.

Jess Zimmerman June 12, 2017

These guys aren't very bright.

Some Turkeys, a Dead Cat, and a Lot of Turkey Experts

What's going on here?

Eric Grundhauser March 2, 2017

A farmer drives his flock of turkeys down a Norfolk road to market, c. 1931.

Back When Your Thanksgiving Dinner Walked Hundreds of Miles to Market

The forgotten history of turkey drives.

Andy Wright November 23, 2016

The Quiet Comeback of Istanbul's Hidden Sufi Lodges

The banned dervish halls are scattered through the city.

Joshua Allen October 10, 2016

Former London Mayor Wins Poetry Contest with Goat Sex Limerick

It's about free speech.

Erik Shilling May 19, 2016