In our age of distraction, the arts appear to be responding in kind, shrinking and streamlining themselves to capture what ...

You can explore and learn the history behind one of Portland’s oldest cemeteries. Western Cemetery dates back to the 1830s.

Cranking up the AC also makes the air less humid, reducing the dampness that contributes to bacterial growth, mold, and dust mites, which can contribute to—or, in rare cases, even cause—conditions ...

The French martyrs declared Friday died between 1944 and 1945, many after being arrested by the Nazi regime for their ...

Arecent visit to Spain found me once more “chasing” after Philippine artwork and objects in cities near Madrid, where I was ...

Many people are familiar with the “Peaceable Kingdom” paintings of Edward Hicks (1780-1849) – a large series of early ...

Scientific progress has improved the environment and human health. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of Health and Human Services ...

From Gothic castles and creaking mansions to centuries-old graveyards that terrify after dark, the world is filled with places that go bump in the night.

Helen Lewis discusses her new book, The Genius Myth, which sets out to unravel the mystery of what we mean when we call ...

“The opera seemed so romantic and Bohemian and then it turned into a terrible tragedy,” said the woman standing next to me during the well-deserved standing ovation.

At the back of Glasnevin Cemetery, an unmarked grave hosts the remains of Jack Saul, the earliest-born person on the cemetery ...

Nicoletta Lanese: In the book, you say that you initially thought of TB as a disease of the past — of "19th-century poets." How was it to have that idea dispelled through writing the book?