The 1950s turned American cars into rolling monuments, stretching sheet metal, horsepower, and chrome to extravagant new ...

For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in Hayward over the last week was $1.2 million. The average price ...

On episode 98, Charles offers a brief apology to Ohio, and then talks to Scott Winship about whether everything is awful. Has the middle class disappeared? Is it impossible for young people to buy a ...

Retro 1950s style is quietly slipping back into contemporary homes, not as kitsch, but as a comforting counterpoint to sleek minimalism. From cozy bedroom floors to atomic prints, these nine trends ...

Cozy ’50s homes were not just about style, they were about creating everyday comfort in spaces that felt safe, warm, and deeply lived in. By looking closely at the small design choices that defined ...

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...

METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED TAKES A LOOK BACK 75 YEARS AGO, AS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIANS WERE FINISHING UP THEIR THANKSGIVING MEALS. THE FLAKES FROM WHAT WOULD BE THE AREA’S BIGGEST SNOWSTORM STARTED ...

Big storms around the holidays tend to etch themselves into memory. Take Thanksgiving weekend 2024, when heavy lake effect snow fell, or the Christmas Blizzard of 2022, when wind chills dropped to 40 ...

Treasures stack floor to ceiling in some areas, creating canyon-like pathways through history, while other sections offer breathing room with artfully arranged vignettes that could have been plucked ...

After I brought home my first child, poring over archival issues of the now-defunct publication transported me out of dark feelings and a chaotic household. Pages 10-11 of Ikea’s 1997 catalog. But ...

For generations, UFO enthusiasts have longed for claims of aliens visiting Earth to be seriously investigated by scientists. Now they are getting their wish. This month prominent peer-reviewed ...