Professional historian and educator Kathy Wilson presented a program on Thursday at the Marshalltown Public Library entitled, ...

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of wordplay and conscious undermining of literary formats he popularized.

Mark Twain’s stories feel like an old friend who keeps reminding us why we fell in love with reading in the first place.

Explore Varanasi, India's oldest living city, where you can wander through sacred ghats, Ganga aarti, ancient wrestling ...

Once criticized by Charles Dickens, the 222-year-old inn now offers comfort food and ghost stories in the heart of one of ...

Ken Burns' latest opus is solid storytelling. It also highlights the costliness of our ignorance about our history.

For much of ICE’s 22-year history, the agency aimed to operate with relative discretion: Officers handled administrative ...

Mark Twain, celebrated for "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn," is widely credited with a quote linking the fear of death to ...

Billionaire Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell are the latest — and maybe not the last — candidates to jump into the contest.

If you thought car hops and curbside service were lost to time, visit this vintage ice cream drive-in serving up sweet ...

No. 7 Ole Miss hosts Florida facing a similar situation like last season when the Gators ended the Rebels' CFP dreams. Will ...

From Cornell's gorges to West Point's historic grounds, these colleges boast architectural treasures in beautiful settings.