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It’s that time of year again. We’re deep in the heart of leaf-peeping season and the leaves, they are a-changin’. Whether you’re a fall foliage fanatic or just in the mood for a scenic drive—or train ride—through the fabulous fall scenery, you won’t...

From a castle on the waterfront to a yurt in the woods, here are some of the most spectacular places to experience fall foliage in the northeast—all easily accessible and enjoyable without the car! What to fall for: No matter what time of year you visit this historic hamlet on...

The Magic Forest is a small fun fair in upstate New York that is a gold mine of unique Americana from a bygone era including the world’s largest Uncle Sam figure and the nation’s only remaining diving horse. Created in 1963, the Magic Forest amusement park has not...

Jutting abruptly out of a grassy field in Devon, and standing out even among the other rocky formations nearby, the tall stone spire known as Bowerman’s Nose is the center of a legend that tells of a hunter who was turned to granite by a coven of annoyed witches.  As...

While a church has stood on this site since the 11th century, the current opulence of the Dresden Frauenkirche was constructed specifically to reflect Protestant influences after the original Catholic building was turned to rubble during the Dresden bombings of World War II....

On a sprawling mesa just northwest of Taos, New Mexico, architect Michael Reynolds has spurred the development of a series of off-the-grid homes, nicknamed “Earthships.” These homes use passive solar technology, wind power, recycled water, old tires, car batteries, glass bottles...

With today’s technology, crunching numbers seems like a sort of effortless magic, but the earliest computers such as Harvard’s Mark I, America’s first programmable computer were massive contraptions, that used punch cards and difference engines to calculate...