HISTORY

Every generation imagines that it was born at the wrong time. Some dream of attending glittering court balls beneath crystal chandeliers. Others long for the intellectual salons of the Enlightenment, the grandeur of royal palaces, or the romance of country estates where architecture, art, and craftsmanship were celebrated with extraordinary devotion. It is a question that has fascinated historians, designers, and travelers alike: if you could live in another era, which one wo

Some places teach history. Others make it feel alive. For many Americans, the first encounter with history does not happen in a classroom or through a textbook. It begins with a building, a landscape, a monument, or a collection that suddenly transforms distant events into something personal. Two institutions in California, separated by geography and by nearly two thousand years of history, have quietly performed that role for generations of visitors: the Lincoln Memorial Shr

From philosophy salons to scientific laboratories, the forgotten French pioneers who transformed the study of the human mind Today, psychology is everywhere. Its language has become part of everyday conversation. Terms such as trauma, anxiety, resilience, memory, personality, and unconscious bias regularly appear in newspapers, social media, classrooms, and workplaces. Universities graduate thousands of psychology students every year, while psychologists and psychoanalysts re

"History remembers victories. Civilization remembers friendships." There are moments in history that seem almost inevitable when viewed from the distance of centuries. The alliance between France and the United States is often remembered that way today, celebrated in speeches, commemorated in monuments, and symbolized by familiar names such as Lafayette and Washington. Yet nothing about that friendship was inevitable. In the winter of 1778, the Kingdom of France was one of Eu

Hidden among the soft curves of the Loire Valley, Mick Jagger’s château is less a rock star’s hideaway than a study in contradiction. At Château de Fourchette, an 18th-century estate near the village of Pocé-sur-Cisse in Touraine, the frontman of The Rolling Stones trades amplified stadiums for birdsong, gravel paths, vegetable gardens, and a landscape that insists on stillness. This is not where Jagger escapes fame. It is where he edits it. The château, officially known as C

A firsthand look at Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Exhibition at The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas, where visitors can experience the master's restored masterpieces up close without traveling to Rome.

Most visitors arrive at the Richelieu site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France with a destination in mind. Some come for the magnificent Oval Reading Room, whose soaring dome has become one of Paris's most photographed interiors. Others are drawn by the institution's extraordinary collections: manuscripts, maps, prints, coins, photographs, and centuries of accumulated knowledge preserved at the heart of the capital. Few expect to discover a garden, and fewer still realize

There are places in France that feel designed for admiration. And then there are places like Penmarch (windswept, austere, deeply maritime) where beauty emerges more slowly, through weather, silence, and history carved into stone. At the far southwestern edge of Brittany, where the Atlantic crashes relentlessly against jagged coastline and lighthouses rise above violent seas, Penmarch possesses a kind of emotional gravity rare in modern Europe. Travelers do not arrive here se

There are places that transcend architecture and become emotion. The Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles is one of them. On May 8 and 9, 2026, the prestigious Opéra Royal opened its doors to the public for a rare and fascinating Portes Ouvertes experience, inviting visitors to step behind the scenes of one of France’s greatest cultural treasures. As I wandered through the hidden corridors, royal foyers, backstage passages, and magnificent performance spaces of this legendary