Reflections on resilience: Achill Island in the 1950s was a place where survival depended on resourcefulness, hard work, and the strength of communal bonds. While modern influences gradually reshaped ...

The remarkably well-preserved basilica was part of a public meeting place where citizens and politicians could socialize, ...

These sites each have a unique history and hold significance in their local region, helping Catholics to encounter God in new ...

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

Landmarks Illinois has awarded a matching grant to Hometown Christian Church for roof repairs for the midcentury modern ...

It’s no surprise that Florida is a strange place. But some places in the Sunshine State are weirder than others.

This year, the world's biggest happiness study will see 30,000 volunteers try different joy-boosting activities, to find out ...

Golden Gate Villa was built for Gold Rush-era mining entrepreneur Frank McLaughlin, and the "door to nowhere" above Front ...

Historians and experts, along with the film's star and director, discuss how accurate the Oscars' best picture favourite The ...

The lifelong County resident is remembered for his love of family and tennis, and his decades as an orthopedist.

In Tom’s Working Mine on the highway, we had a first-hand experience in how Opals are traced and extracted, both by modern ...

The most admired, desirable and attractive people and things, those that are universally deemed cool, have been part of the ...