Lieutenant Frederick Holmes was a Chelsea tailor and an accomplished artist before the start of the First World War. He was ...

HGTV’s Castle Impossible stars Daphne Reckert and Ian Figueira are continuing to restore a 500-year-old French Chateau, and their mammoth task keeps throwing up surprising discoveries.

The wealthiest families of the Gilded Age lived in enormous mansions outfitted with gold, marble, and priceless art. Take a ...

No longer just the gateway to the French Riviera, Nice is now catching attention with chic hotels, stylish boutiques, and a renewed sense of Côte d’Azur cool.

The storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, is seen as a defining event in the French Revolution. But how does the ...

On Saturday, July 14, 1945, Versailles was celebrating as it had not done in years. But the carefree spirit of some clashed ...

Bastille Day – with the usual fireworks display as well as light drawings made with the help of drones. Drones are cleaner ...

Many of us grew up fantasizing about stepping foot in the magical world of Disney castles (Elsa’s castle may look cold, but ...

Let’s focus on the charmingest bits of Stony Brook and the Setaukets that lie between Route 25A and the Long Island Sound.