Experience LIFE's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world.

LIFE wrote in its 1948 report that, after the brutal war years, Europe was seeing a revival: From the tip of Italy north to Scapa Flow, American travelers are discovering a surprising new look …

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History Latest history LIFE’s Favorite Photos of America’s Harvesters history The Mona Lisa’s One and Only Visit to America history Proper Teenagers in a Post-War World history Pushing …

As a weekly magazine LIFE covered it all, with a breadth and open-mindedness that looks especially astounding today, when publications and websites tailor their coverage to ever …

See photographs and read stories about global icons - the actors, athletes, politicians, and community members that make our world come to life.

When LIFE magazine visited Big Sur in 1959, the Esalen Institute was three years from opening, but the coastal community had long been attracting free-thinking types.

At its height, LIFE magazine’s incomparable images and essays reached 1 of 3 American readers. The original prints, negatives, and associated manuscripts remain in Dotdash …

Sometimes LIFE’s photographers took its readers to a places they would never have thought to go—for example, a nightclub in Brussels during the waning days of World War II, and months …

LIFE magazine was fortunate enough to visit Cabo Blanco in 1959, when the club was still in its heyday. Staff photographer Frank Schershel captured the fisherman out at sea and along the …