I am so charmed by old houses - the hefty door hardware! The intricate crown molding! The singular-use features that are long since retired (hello, razor blade slots)! All those details are more than ...

I'm not here to tell you that you can't show up empty-handed to a holiday party, because I trust that our readers have the good sense to avoid such a social misstep. With that out of the way, beware ...

Edinburgh Castle in Scotland’s Capital. Image by 瑞丽江的河水, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, has long been recognized for its rich cultural history and intricate urban ...

“If you’ve heard of minimalist design, it’s the opposite,” Hopp says of maximalism. Maximalist interiors often emulate the richer parts of life. It’s a design style rooted in a more-is-more philosophy ...

Late second to early third century A.D. In the fourth century A.D. Christianity became the official religion across the Roman Empire, which, at the time, extended from Britain to North Africa, and ...