In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

All bungalows have their roots in colonial Bengal. See how they spread, how the style evolved. Tour the 21st-century inheritors of this tradition.

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The Indonesian government has raised serious concerns over the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, saying it ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

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Whenever I visit a university town, it is hard to figure out which buildings are open to the public and what sites one can ...

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is reviewing its Forest Resource Plan (FRP) for Myherin and Tarenig forests in mid Wales and is ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

As we welcome the Tamil New Year, Visuvaavasu Varusham, on April 14, let us prepare our kolams and sakkarai pongal with the ...

Planning a trip to the tropical island country of the moment? Beverley Watts has your guide to the unmissable historic sites, ...

From a melon that costs thousands to truffles sniffed out by trained pigs, these are the most expensive foods in the world.