How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.

The first major U.S. exhibition of Germany’s great Romantic painter is a historic showcase. It’s also a blueprint for how to ...

For half a century, this tiny island’s toxic past meant it was declared off limits by its country’s government.

Want to stay sharp? Continuing to learn throughout our lives stimulates our brains and helps us stay mentally agile, ...

American composer Aaron Jay Kernis, born in 1960, has favored a more populist modernism. “Musica celestis,” the second ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...

Seagull books and the Goethe Institut have compiled a list of German books that are must reads. Four non-fiction books are on the list and you can get the translated versions for each.

The New York-based LMI Group claims the $50 portrait is a previously unknown work by the Dutch master, perhaps now worth $15m ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

No one could calculate the number of historical movies that get everything wrong: it’s all of them. To take one at random, ...