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An art car in Harrod Blank’s Art Car World museum in Douglas, Arizona
cars

The Houston Art Car Parade: Americana Icon

In a country so dependent on cars, art cars are fun, colorful rebellion.
The Podcast Team September 29, 2025
Dyeing the Chicago river green has been a St. Patrick’s Day tradition since 1962.
saints

The Color of St. Patrick's Day Wasn't Always Green

Ireland’s patron saint was once dressed in blue—before his holiday got its signature hue.
Bryan McGovern March 17, 2025
“The poster craze in candidateville,” an 1896 political cartoon by C.J. Taylor.
politics

Presidential Pageantry: Our Favorite Reads

American presidents spare no expense when it comes to making an impression.
Roxanne Hoorn January 17, 2025
Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Trempealeau Catfish Statue

A giant fiberglass catfish welcomes visitors to this Wisconsin river town and heralds its annual Catfish Days festival.
Victorian dress-up at Dickens on The Strand.
victorian

10 Fascinating Festivals in Galveston, Texas

Good times go far beyond beach season on this unusual island
Made of paper, bamboo, and found items, enormous, fearsome ogoh-ogoh figures are carried during Ngrupuk parades the night before Balinese New Year and then burned.
mythology

Meet the Creatures and Creators Behind Bali’s Parade for Banishing Evil Spirits

On the night before the Balinese New Year, villagers bring monsters to life—and then burn them.
Roxanne Hoorn May 1, 2024
Tampa, Florida

Jose Gasparilla II

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.
Zamora, Spain

Barandales Statue

Maybe the most iconic character in the Easter (Holy Week) processions in Zamora.
A member of the Milwaukee Krampus Eigenheit was one of dozens of furry, horned menaces swatting onlookers with switches during the annual Milwaukee Krampusnacht.
santa claus

Krampus Is the Christmas Icon We Need—And Maybe the One We Deserve

At Milwaukee’s Krampusnacht, we go in search of the essence of Santa’s unholy enforcer.
Gemma Tarlach December 9, 2022
amusement parks

Podcast: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Summer in New York City doesn't really kick off until the nautical procession gets underway.
The Podcast Team September 1, 2022
The Diablada dance pits the Archangel Saint Michael, in the uniform of the Roman legions, against the servants of the devil.
music

Bolivia's Dance of the Devils Is a Party and a Battle Between Good and Evil

Heaven and hell, music and dance at the Carnaval de Oruro.
Matthew Taub February 28, 2022
vikings

Meet the Woman on a Quest to Attend Every Wondrous British Festival

The historian behind an online database of eccentric traditions has already visited more than 550 events.
Bonnie December 9, 2021
The first house float in the Krewe of Red Beans' Hire a Mardi Artist program is "The Night Tripper."
art

With No Parade This Year, New Orleans Is Festooned With Mardi Gras 'House Floats'

They’re uplifting spirits and local artists alike.
Victoria Stapley-Brown January 27, 2021
Tiny radish people dancing
List

10 Stunning Feats of Edible Art

These museums and festivals feature food-based masterpieces.
Sam O'Brien January 25, 2021
A local teacher saws away at this year's stollen.
food

Every Year, Dresden Kickstarts the Christmas Season With a Four-Ton Cake

Sixty-three bakeries pitched in to build a mega-stollen.
Sam O'Brien December 17, 2019
The wash tag at the beginning of Da-Bach-na-Fahrt.
Schramberg, Germany

Da-Bach-na-Fahrt (Journey Down the Stream)

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.
Video

Where Parade Floats Go to Retire

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Jennie Wilde designed the “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" float for the the 1911 "Familiar Quotations"-themed Mardi Gras parade.
art

The Forgotten Female Artist Whose Mardi Gras Fantasias Warped Reality

If only Jennie Wilde could have transformed society too.
Laura Doan October 11, 2019