Castles were more than just strongholds. They were unmistakable declarations that, centuries later, continue to captivate us ...

Gothic architecture, originating in 12th-century France, is renowned for its soaring spires, intricate stained glass, and ...

A 19th-century palace built for a Spanish noble is being transformed into luxury apartments in Madrid’s historic Chamberí neighborhood, and the largest unit, which was the private quarters of the ...

The same impulses that energized abolition and labor activism in the 1830s and 1840s produced a set of reformers in subsequent decades more interested in inward or individually oriented ideas, often ...