There’s no topping a job like this: repairing one of New Jersey’s most storied brick pizza ovens dating back over a century. ...

Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

The Montessori method helped produce scions like Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, and Beyoncé. Parents are clamoring for toys that fit with the philosophy. Is there a connection?

Arguably the most formidable alliance of high-level toy collections to appear in the marketplace in recent years, Bertoia’s ...

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They are typically artifacts from within the last century that get misplaced for a few decades. This book in particular was donated by a family with close ties to the surgeon who anatomized Corder ...

Christie's New York will be offering a $30m -$50m painting by Claude Monet in their upcoming sales next month. Interestingly, Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule (1891) will be unveiled to the ...

An intriguing portrait of a black man in the uniform of a military bandsman and wearing a Waterloo medal drew strong competition after emerging at an auction in East Sussex.

He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and William McKinley. Both championed what many consider outdated policies that Trump is now trying to ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a military ...

It’s believed that the tomato wasn’t grown in Britain until around the 1590s. In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returning from expeditions in Mexico and other parts of ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...