In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in ...

It’s not hard to imagine Audrey Hepburn perusing her rose gardens in this dreamy European getaway. The Swiss villa that was ...

Peter Harris fell in love with the building on his first stay there 20 years ago, when he was on holiday with his family.

A man thought he was in for a garden nightmare when his yard flooded, but he ended up discovering something amazing from the 18th century.

“Cath has been a visitor, a volunteer, a member of the Old Paisley society committee, and then it’s president, the last of ...

As you continue down Second Street, you’ll come across the Ryves Holt House, the oldest standing building in Delaware. Built ...

William Shakespeare wrote that, “Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” Shakespeare didn’t mention that the ...

Various protection efforts in the region have been enacted for over a century by six presidents and one governor of Hawaii, beginning in 1903 with President Theodore Roosevelt. Most recently ...

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.

On February 14, 1929, seven men were assassinated by an Al Capone-led gang during Prohibition in Chicago. The Valentine’s Day Massacre became a watershed moment in Prohibition history, with police and ...

While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers ...

It wasn't only Antonia de la Ascensión who made this strange error. Juan de Iturbe, who explored parts of California in 1615, ...