Over 50 years, the Japanese illustrator has accumulated a world-class archive. Now he has to decide what to do with it

Scary movies and haunted houses can actually be a coping mechanism that helps you survive.

With the Turkish government asking to have the döner kebab recognised as a Turkish specialty, everyone’s favourite late-night snack is the big topic of discussion in Germany right now.

In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the stereoscope – a device that created three-dimensional optical illusions.

Wood engineered for strength and safety offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete

Architect Louis Kamper’s Book Tower stood vacant for years. After a painstaking restoration from New York firm ODA, the 38-story skyscraper is ready for a new century.

Owner George Frandsen has some 8,000 coprolites from dinosaurs, sharks and other creatures

Donna Kalil has plunged into canals in the dead of night, straddled two-hundred-pound serpents, and been bitten more times than she can count—all in the name of killing a thing she loves and playing a game she can’t win

First described in Texas in the mid-90s, what are these disturbing figures—and what do they want?

To be an off-season caretaker of Bodie, California (winter population: 5), you need a high tolerance for cold, solitude, and two-hour grocery runs.

Portrait hung in cheap frame for decades, with wife describing it as ‘horrible’ and family mulling getting rid of it

Fifty years ago, on October 5, 1974, David Kunst completed the first verified circumnavigation of the globe on foot. Along the way, he met Princess Grace of Monaco, raised money for UNICEF and lost a brother to bandits

Hey, time for a game of ‘everyone die’

On July 8, an all-star team from the Northwest Washington Little League (NWLL) faced off against Mamie Johnson Little League to open the D.C. city championship tournament, the first round in the global annual tournament for ballplayers 12 years old and under that ends with the Little League World Se...

An owl statuette which was buried 31 years ago as part of a treasure hunt has reportedly been found in France.

We rely on memories to make sense of the world, so of course we need them to feel real — even the ones we make up.

THE MAKERS | ART & CULTURE | CABANA MAGAZINE   Meet Eric Lansdown, one of the world’s foremost dolls' house and aviary artists whose studio in the south of France is as enchanting as his creations. The craftsman, currently exhibiting at Homo Faber in Venice, works inside the village’s medieval b...

Trickster, mentor, probable goddess—Slavic folklore's most famous villain is so much more than a witch.

Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna

“Concerning the first picture: what a strange way of folding letters!” – writes Effe in his comment to yesterday’s post on co...

My first pets were a pair of hamsters, sisters from the same litter. I was surprised that such tiny little brains could hold such distinct personalities: Harley, golden and white, was more athletic, more aloof, notably smarter, happy to play by herself; Yankee, a chubby cream-colored meatball, crave...

I promised to keep track of my pen, lest it become a tattoo kit. As a treat to end security training, the sergeant showed me the Wall of Fame. Flanked by photos of sheriff deputies recognized for outstanding service, a glass case contained the best arts and crafts confiscated during shakedowns: an e

For years, residents in and around Circleville, Ohio were plagued by a mysterious letter writer who seemed to know their darkest secrets. Death followed.

When an Alzheimer’s paper came under scrutiny, correcting the scientific record meant battling much bigger problems.

30 years ago, the company had grand plans to build a history-themed park in Virginia. But efforts to ‘Disneyfy’ American history met staunch opposition, even in the halcyon 1990s.

A physician's hypothesis drew the attention of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who was interested in increasing life expectancy — his own.

A new study has created a cellular map of neurons encoding different word meanings. It also paves the way for advanced speech prostheses.

The Galeón Andalucía, which is now making its way to London, was designed to resemble the armed merchant vessels manufactured by Spain and Portugal between the 16th and 18th centuries

With a pick ‘n mix of musical talent, everyone from Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds to Letters To Cleo began working on the film’s strongest asset, the songs, writes Maria Lewis

The inside story of one of Canada’s most brazen, baffling, and mysterious art heists and how the police cracked it