Loren Munk is unmissable. Dressed in white bespeckled painter’s pants, this 73-year-old artist shambles into New York’s galleries with a slightly crazed look. He walks around with his little camera, ...

With its thirteen million visitors a year, Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is one of the capital's must-sees. A place of ...

In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.

The woods and hills, the low density, the open space, and gentle air prompted many of the first European settlers of the ...

A joint team of archeologists from the U.K.’s Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site while undertaking a remote sensing survey to map the Darb Zubaydah, a ...

In this video, I’ll explore three mysterious maps that defy conventional history and challenge what we know about the ancient world. From the famous Piri Reis map to other lesser-known but equally ...

A visit to Volný's herbarium in Serbia illuminates the country's role in grapevine biodiversity in Europe, says Caroline ...

As American cities go, New Orleans is unique in so many ways, including its coffee culture -- and chicory is a major part of ...

The new Atlas of the Human Planet reveals 50 years of global population growth and urbanization trends, providing insights ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bilal Coulibaly scored a career-high 27 points, and the Washington Wizards beat Atlanta 133-120 on Wednesday night for the second win over the Hawks in three days. The Wizards ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Russia's embassy in Pakistan said Tuesday it is attempting to verify reports that one of its citizens was abducted in the South Asian nation's troubled northwest. The embassy provided ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map etched in a clay tablet about 3,000 years ago, finding it features the ...