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Neon puppies, cherry blossoms, frogs, and lucky cats.

China’s revolution made it difficult for Chinese abroad to stay in contact with their families. Now many in the diaspora are searching for their roots.

Quit playing games with my hearth.

The National Christmas Tree Board was supposed to protect American tree growers, until one man intervened.

Resurrecting a centuries-old Christmas ritual with creepy masks, horse heads, and bras worn on the outside.

Action 52 wasn't great.

"Pteridomania"—an obsession with ferns—gripped the era's amateur botanists.

She and her navigator disappeared nearly 80 years ago.

Parking in New York City is so opaque, understanding how it works is like unlocking a secret code.

Some were more logical than others.

Also featuring Aerosmith, Cher, and Christopher Reeve.

Response to the murders—and the subsequent wrongful conviction—was a perfect storm of panic about liberated women, black men, and city life.

Letter Me Later was super low-key until a Filipino rom-com turned it into a busy hub for the lovelorn.

In the 19th century, dozens of Acclimatization Societies wanted to stock Europe with exotic beasts—and the colonies with tame ones.

It was released only a month after the ship sank.

One of her spies signed his reports with a familiar moniker: "007."

A long war over the dish's authenticity may be reaching its peak.

Maude Adams was known for being Peter Pan, but her favorite role was that of a preening French rooster.