Mathias Malzieu: To have the character look like a porcelain doll but with human eyes, because I wanted to combine the fragility of human emotion with the fragility of a doll. So we tried to have the ...

STURBRIDGE — Sturbridge is seemingly synonymous with history, from its first settlers in 1644 to the opening in 1946 of Old Sturbridge Village, which welcomes visitors to experience life in a rural ...

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Furnishings from the former Karl Ratzsch's Restaurant in Milwaukee are being sold in an online auction. The historic German restaurant closed in 2017 after operating for several decades. Auction items ...

It's an interesting fact that despite being kissing cousins, clock makers and watch makers occupy very different positions in the world of timekeeping. There are hundreds of both around the globe but ...

George cheers as the cuckoo emerges from the floral clock at Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. In 1995, teacher George Thomson took his P7 class more than 100 miles from their school in Aberdeen to ...

In 1995, teacher George Thomson took his P7 class more than 100 miles from their school in Aberdeen to see the wooden cuckoo at Edinburgh's famous floral clock. But much to his horror, when they got ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Christmas is less than two weeks ...

There are plenty of birds that are widely referenced in popular culture today, whether as a sports team name or as the origin for an ubiquitous turn of phrase—looking at you, ugly duckling. But few ...