Since President Ulysses S. Grant held the first official White House State Dinner 150 years ago, presidential hospitality has reflected the evolving tastes, traditions and diplomacy of the United ...

The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there,” wrote English author L.P. Hartley in The Go-Between (1953).

A fire damaged the house built atop the site of Marie Laveau’s family home, which is a touchstone of the legendary Voodoo ...

Early Monday morning, famous Voodoo queen Marie Laveau's house caught fire. The site suffered damages, but wasn't destroyed. Here's what to know.

Three quarters of mountain refuges in the Vallée des Belleville in Savoie are run by women – Rachel Ifans laces up her hiking ...

Please support the Channel by checking out my affiliate links!!! The French Bulldog has enjoyed a long history as a companion dog. Besides being a companion, he once served as an excellent ratter, but ...

The newly restored house still conjures the designer ... Image In the library, a reproduction of a 17th-century oak table, a 19th-century Italian walnut desk and an Auguste Delaherche stoneware ...

Designed by the French wallpaper manufacturer Dufour ... called in to paint in further elements of the sky to complete the picture. ‘It’s a rare, 19th-century wallpaper that you can’t just bung up — ...

MONTEREY, Mass. The Bidwell House Museum announced its 2025 season program. All summer long, the Museum will highlight ...

There’s the old New York — and then there’s the really old New York. A Civil War-era Upper East Side mansion is back on the ...

Popular stories on Brownstoner this week include a history of Brooklyn Heights’ East River warehouses and new restaurants ...

Hidden behind the façade of this small 19th-century Roman villa is a newly renovated interior that merges history with ...