The Royal Family opens presents on Christmas Eve by German custom, a right brought into practice by Queen Victoria and Prince ...

Let’s remember that Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a ghost story. Telling dark and scary tales for the holidays is a ...

An inmate facing 11 felony charges at the Robert Presley Detention Center was pronounced dead in his cell, the Riverside ...

And a new biography of Dickens is getting prominent reviews, including front-page billing in The Washington Post Book World.

Charlie Chaplin and his family moved to Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland after he was refused re-entry to the United States in 1953.

Strolling through the Irvine Park Historic District is like taking a walk through a life-sized dollhouse neighborhood. This ...

The parlor, with its plush furnishings and crackling fireplace, practically begs you to sit down with a good book and pretend ...

The house in the Old Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia “came to us by mistake,” Dawn Foerst recalled, after another ...

The Victorian-style home, which comes complete with a red door, was owned by the late cosmetics mogul from the 1930s to 1950s ...

The unofficial flagship Christmas Tree Shops in Bourne had the world’s largest thatched roof, measuring 24,000 square feet.

Our weekend event guide is packed with terrific things to do, see and experience in Pittsburgh between Dec. 25 and Dec. 31.

The historic Hassinger Daniels Mansion on Highland Avenue in Birmingham has been purchased after two years on the market.