Among the many things I love about Italy is how the Renaissance can be spliced into your travels. Imagine: In Florence, you ...

Step inside the world of the Renaissance and discover how Florence, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo shaped history ...

In this short Today in History video, I talk about what happened on 1 November 1512, when Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first shown to the public. I share why ...

The cradle of the Renaissance, Tuscany’s capital is one of Europe’s greatest art cities, home to world-famous masterpieces.

Steven J. Ross’s The Secret War Against Hate recovers the strange, risky world of spies who infiltrated American Nazis after World War II.

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

A new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris pits Michelangelo and Rodin together to explore "Living Bodies" and the artistic ...

The exhibition brings the splendor of the Sistine Chapel to life with cutting-edge projection technology and ultra-high-resolution imagery sourced directly from the Vatican archiv ...

Carnivals, art, nature walks and folk music offer ways to kick off Memorial Day weekend 2026 without Shore traffic.

For America’s Service Members, Memorial Day Is a Lifetime Bob Woodson Was a Hero What Makes an Excellent Children’s Treasury I’ll Admit It — China Offered Me Money to Tell a Lie Two big-ego popes, ...

The 1990's saw the release of many legendary multiplayer games, including some co-op experiences that are still a blast to ...