Deep in the forest, we discovered a forgotten straw house that once belonged to a 90-year-old woman. Time has stood still here—vintage furniture, worn books, and quiet traces of a long life remain ...

Before Thoreau's "life in the woods," there was Brister Freeman, a formerly enslaved man who won his freedom serving in the ...

Eight years ago, it seemed that a well-loved wooden structure would soon survive only in photographs. Harsh winters and heavy snowfall in the region beneath Kráľova hoľa in central Slovakia posed the ...