A few weeks ago, while taking two of my now-teenage granddaughters shopping for outfits for a sports banquet, I became nostalgic. As we were walking through Penney’s, I tried to explain to them the ...

In our “Information Age” it might be difficult to comprehend the significance of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the lives of several generations of mountain people. Comparable to the World Wide Web, the ...

It’s not 1939 outside. But this unfortunate date (see above) hasn’t prevented me from perusing, in some detail, the Fall-Winter catalog from Sears, Roebuck and Co. They are perhaps my only costly vice ...

Sears’ bankruptcy filing on Monday drummed up plenty of nostalgia for its heyday as the world’s biggest retailer. As Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. works to save its business, there’s no ...

There’s a house on Sanibel that has stood the test of time and built the same way you would build with Legos. Ty Symroski grew up in the classic 1922 Sears Roebuck catalog home, a home that was picked ...

FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog. The retail giant's catalog, printed from 1892 to 1993, featured any product an American consumer could ever need ...

Monday’s announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant’s collapse in recent years. Still, the news inspired ...

VICTOR, N.Y. — Sears Roebuck and Co. started selling mail-order houses from its specialty catalog — the Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans — in 1908. It is reported that more than 100,000 houses ...

For a colorful blast from the past, this fun, nature-inspired kitchen decor is trending. Here's what to know about collecting ...

ESTANCIA, N.M. (CBS Local)-- An abandoned house in a small town southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico, attracts people from across the region. Many think it's haunted. "If you drive by, sometimes you ...