A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art.

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“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

Inspired by desert dunes and ocean waves, this earthen home in Almaty, Kazakhstan is a self-built eco dream with a sculptural ...

Since founding his label in 1986, the designer has taken a thoughtful approach to the trajectory of his business, launching new categories like beauty and fragrance when the time felt right (in 2022) ...

Antique and vintage furnishings are inherently timeless; after all, if that table was beautiful in 1920 and still looks great ...

The Vanderbilt Mansion is located on 153 acres of land in Hyde Park, New York. The National Park Service offers tours to the public.

Pope Francis’s tweaks are mostly focused on simplifying the ceremonies and eliminating unnecessary ornamentation. For example, he requested that the Vatican use just one coffin for the body of a ...

From Versailles to Venice, these palatial properties let you live like a king or queen—even if just for a night.

When Lonely Planet positioned Lithuania in the number-two spot of its Best in Travel in 2025, before Fiji, Laos and Kazakhstan, it roused surprise, curiosity and thrill. Bordered by Latvia, Poland, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...