Art takes many forms for us to enjoy and be moved by – paintings, music, drama, dance, literature. And, sometimes, an interior of a...

What’s in a name? Sometimes a whole lot of backstory. Take for instance, Pluto. The world was amazed by the first up-close images of the...

A few years ago, while on a campus tour of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, I rubbed the head of a turtle. For good luck, of course. In...

Go out on a clear night and if your timing is right, you’ll see the Moon just past being new, a bright fingernail shape low on the...

I sent a letter to an old friend the other day (yes, a real letter, through the U.S. Postal System!), and to mail it I added a stamp. It...

Think about outer space and music, and it’s not unlikely that David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” comes quickly to mind. But long before Bowie...

I’m going to go out on a limb here – actually, I don’t think I’m going out very far on this particular limb. But I’m going out to say...

There’s something hypnotic about a waterfall. Even at a distance you can feel its power – the way the rushing water cascades down from...

Can a painting be so realistic as to be repulsive? Maybe today we’re so inured to gruesome images as entertainment (thanks, “CSI!”) that...

There’s something magical in the flight of a pelican. The ungainly looking bird often coasts serenely just above the surface of the...

Growing up in the Philadelphia area, I would associate the name Whitman with the bridge we often crossed to get to New Jersey. Later, as...

Can an advertisement be a work of art? Let’s take the travel poster for example. Posters date back to the 19th century, but travel...

Some phrases ring through history, but are they true? Did Julius Caesar ever really cry, “Et tu, Brute?” Did Alexander Graham Bell...

On a two-week trip driving around Ireland on a self-guided tour, I stopped at Caislean na Blarnan to take part in the tradition of...

Sometimes we forget how bawdy a writer William Shakespeare was. Sure, there’s the intense brilliancy of the “To be or not to be”...

Venice is a wonderful place to explore. The Italian city is built on an archipelago in a shallow lagoon with over 177 canals and 400...

Movies are famous for their dramatic moments. Some scenes are more famous than others, and a particular image from that scene can reach...

It lasted 12 seconds. But that was long enough to change the course of human history. On Dec. 17, 1903, two brothers were ready to try...

You know you’re famous when people can recognize you by just one name: Galileo. Einstein. Cher. How about Rembrandt? No need to call the...

So back in the summer of 1985, director Robert Zemeckis releases a little time-travel movie. Maybe you’ve heard of it – “Back to the...