Tradition

People gather every winter at this Maine museum to take part in the age-old process of harvesting ice from a frozen pond.

Soup is a universal comfort food—here are 12 of the best places on Earth to have a bowl.

This surreal festival in West Virginia was almost lost to time.

Each year on the Friday before Labor Day, this community gathers to let go of its worries—by burning a 50-foot puppet.

Mobile Bay is one of two places in the world where tidal patterns drive all aquatic life to shore.

High above a roaring river, a man perilously hand-weaves the Q’eswachaka suspension bridge as part of a 500-year tradition. What happens when he retires?

For 300 years, only a handful of women in Sardinia knew how to make this exceptionally intricate pasta—until one of them decided to share the recipe with the outside world.

Straddling sport and spectacle, the <em>course camarguaise</em> puts humans and animals on equal footing.

Cape Breton’s cliffside scenery and old-world Celtic traditions rival those of Scotland.

From Christmas goblins to a New Year’s ghost-horse, these creepy tales are sure to keep you in the holiday spirit.

From the surprising connection between trees and toilet brushes to a guide for eating your Christmas tree.