The sunken living room might be synonymous with the 1960s and 1970s, but its modern origins can actually be traced to the 1920s. That’s when Bruce Goff, an architect and Frank Lloyd Wright protégé, ...

Soccer is more popular in the U.S. than ever—and thanks to a new survey, we know exactly which cities are the best for fans of the sport. America’s love affair with football is obvious: It’s for good ...

Halloween traditions are so ingrained in America that it’s easy to forget the holiday’s history as a pagan celebration marking the conclusion of the harvest, with rituals that were more ...

Another reason for their declining numbers is flower collectors. Some seek monkey face flowers for their beauty and rarity. Plucking a few Dracula orchids may not seem like a big deal—but one ...

In short, people from New Zealand are called “Kiwis” because of a native bird that goes by the same name. The large, flightless bird’s brown coloring and long beak are some of its defining features.

Out of 433 national park units, Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., is the least visited of them ...

The scientists acknowledge that it could have been warped due to the wet concrete spreading upon impact. Nonetheless, they agree that the gray squirrel is the most likely culprit because it is the ...

Covered bridges are mostly prized for their old-timey charm today, but they once served a practical purpose.

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous pieces of art in the world. The 950-year-old, 230-foot chronicle of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings was embroidered in the years following ...

Lyon Gardiner Tyler was born in 1853 when his dad, John Tyler, was in his sixties. Lyon Tyler and his second wife had two sons: Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1925, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler, who was born ...

You might expect budget limitations to result in mediocre films—and that certainly happens. Christopher Reeve regretted ...

Cats come in tons of beautiful colors, with some of the rarest being the leopard-like rosette pattern or the purple-tinted lilac. Split-face chimera cats have a particularly unusual appearance, with ...