Before true crime and reality TV, there was the Paris Morgue—where crowds queued to see the dead. It was the first of its ...

The decorated contraceptive unveiled at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is thought to be a brothel souvenir and was likely made from a sheep’s appendix in 1830.

In the Highlands and Islands, trace the steps of historic funeral processions through epic landscapes on some of Scotland’s most intriguing hikes.

The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through ...

Over the years, Lawrence’s biographers have made cases for all three. Why did Sylvia Plath kill herself? Was it an act of ...

The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change ...

With the premiere of ‘The Gilded Age’ season 3, take the opportunity to brush up on the architectural style that became ...

This month, we found you some textbook upstate bait, including a cottage with an outdoor sauna in Woodstock and a ...

In the age before warning labels and liability waivers, scientific experimentation often looked like something between a ...

The ouroboros as a recurring symbol in art and mythology, a look into its evolution and reinterpretation across cultures and ...

Archaeologists remain baffled by a surprising, seemingly ahistorical find located deep in the Canadian wilderness. But after ...