When Queen Victoria died at 81, the queen left secret, detailed instructions on how to handle her body and what items to place in her coffin. There are, indeed, a number of strange Queen Victoria ...

Niagara Falls Museum became something of a dual citizen, moving across the river and later back home to Canada, Maggie Hulett ...

New book by Karl Shaw delves into a murder that shocked Edwardian England and asks for a judicial review of the coroner’s ...

From Madagascar grasscloth to tessellated shell, “there is just so much to feel,” designer Celerie Kemble says.

The Seattle Antiques Market is a treasure trove of small, quirky finds that you never knew you needed until this very moment.

When this Queen Anne Victorian was built in 1893, it was quite the status symbol to have Povey glass on display. "People who put in that kind of glass were kind of showing off," said art-glass ...

The Royals have a storied history of sentimentality expressed through the medium of diamonds, pearls and precious stones ...

February the Fourteenth has been a day to give love to others in the name of Saint Valentine. But who is he? Is Valentine's a religious holiday…or Pagan all the way? Where did chocolate come in? Who’s ...

A practical guide to restoring Victorian houses for modern life and living with history in a way that makes sense now ...