The Victorian era conjures images of buttoned-up propriety, strict moral codes, and a society obsessed with decorum and respectability. It was a world of parlor etiquette, modest dress, and rigid ...

After spending a considerable amount of time enjoying roughly five play-throughs in Half-Life 2, I've noticed the European influences on the setting. Specifically distinct similarities with Victorian ...

If you look closely, you can see the unfolding story of a well-to-do St. Paul, Minn., family stitched into the pieces of an elaborate Victorian crazy quilt, which dates to the 1890s. It tells of the ...

There are a few kinds of architecture you’d expect to find in the French Quarter. You’d expect Creole cottages. You might expect colonial-era French architecture. You might even come across a Greek ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Heads have been whipping around at Sarah Chrisman for years now. But for Barbara Walters and her cohosts on the ABC-TV talk show “The View,” this Port Townsend woman was a bit of a ...

Despite its majesty, it’s likely you don’t even know it’s there. On the north shore of Lake Stevens, about a 15-minute stroll from downtown, a Victorian beauty reigns. The Mansion Inn is an ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. Victorian era lecturer Lisa Lewis presents a Victorian Fashions Program in Goshen, Conn.

WHENEVER SARAH ALMA Chrisman goes grocery shopping at Aldrich’s or picks up something at Don’s Pharmacy, she usually gets asked two questions: “Are you wearing a corset?” and “Why?” The answer to the ...

From previous Perrier award-winner Will Adamsdale comes this middle class musical about all the important things in life; composting, learning Spanish, floundering relationships and, most of all, ...

WATERLOO, Iowa — The Black Hawk Button Club will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 207 W. Louise. This month Mimi Zischke will share on the topic, “Victorian Life and Buttons.” ...

Ready for something different and a little spooky? Check out the Victorian Dark Carnival at the Riverside Heritage House museum on Saturday, Oct. 18. They’re calling this “a macabre gathering of ...

The IT-security attitudes of Victorian public-service agencies and departments are again being questioned after a report from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) concluded that departmental ...