“Anyone who was anyone was wanting to wear jet in the Victorian era,” said British gemologist ... including Spain, France, and the American Southwest, Whitby jet formed exclusively underground ...

A study reveals that its rapid construction was due to the use of a standardized screw thread. New research has solved the ...

It's not so much the price tag of the Victorian-era furniture, which can be surprisingly ... which grew to popularity in the late 19th century — first in France, then in the rest of Europe ...

Sir Richard Branson doesn't think schools have changed much since the Victorian era as he recalls his own struggles in the ...

Designers are returning to the rudimentary building material to create cozy rooms that feel connected to nature ...

Cases of a Victorian-era infant disease have surged across the US - and high schoolers are 'super spreaders.' Whooping cough has caused 16,000 infections so far this year, a five-fold increase ...

A bar of chocolate that is more than a century old is among items set to be sold at auction in the United Kingdom on September 24. The lot, which includes a box of Rowntree chocolate dating from ...

The October 16 premiere of just three of the short films, in what is being called "Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases", ...

From the mountaintop Jungfraujoch to the futuristic Napoli Afragola, we've ranked the most picturesque railway stations in ...

Throughout the tour, guides will walk guests through the 1883 home to explore Victorian-era superstitions and social customs around death, including topics like spiritualism, post-mortem ...