Category: CULTURE

Even though Christmas day has passed, Dyker Heights in New York City is still embracing the holiday season. People flock to this neighborhood to see the dazzling displays, with family, and …

PARIS—The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a “50 percent chance” the structure might not be saved because scaffolding installed before …

We may be living in an era of e-cards and instant messages, but a museum in London is displaying the world’s first printed Christmas card. from NTD.com

One of the best ways to get into the festive holiday spirit is to take a walk around a Christmas market. This Christmas village in the Paris business district La …

MONROE, N.C.—An item found in North Carolina in 1973 may be thousands of years old, according to the state’s office of archaeology. The 7-inch carved artifact found by a Monroe …

The remains of 45 Australian indigenous ancestors are due to be repatriated from Germany. The return of the remains, as part of the federal government’s Indigenous Repatriation Program, has been …

For more than 40 years, a French magician created his own magic tricks and passed them on to his daughter. Their reputation has reached across France—and even as far as …

Every year, a hotel in San Francisco unveils a new sugar castle—and this year, there are two. Inside the lobby of the Westin St. Francis Hotel, Pastry Chef Jean-François Houdré …

Haiyan Kong lay awake the night of April 24, 1999, unable to get a wink of sleep. Would she go tomorrow, or stay home? She would undoubtedly be safe if she …