75 Years: the very best of Life

"To see the world"

10 places in our world

4 pieces of paradise

8 relations

"To eyewitness great events"

17 from the battlefield

8 with the right stuff

8 that changed the world

5 cover stories that vanished

6 heroes

LIFE's heroes

4 villains

17 great reads

"To watch the faces of the poor and the gestures of the proud"

6 faces of the poor

3 found by LIFE

7 gestures of the proud

"Things hidden behind walls and within rooms"

25 candid moments

3 of real people

12 backstage on the world stage

"The women that men love and many children"

15 of LIFE's sexiest

LIFE's best friends

5 best kids photos

2 best kisses

"To see and be amazed"

5 wows

6 from the arena

7 scariest

2 from out there

The covers

Back to the future

LIFE.com and "Never before seen!" photography

Back to the beginning

The Fort Peck Dam story we never told.