Collecting rare, vintage, and exotic cars has long been a quintessential indulgence of the super-rich. Yet, some take this passion to obsessive heights, filling their garages with any rare wheels they ...

Two copies of a poetry book by formerly enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley are bound in human skin and housed in Cincinnati. The books were bound in the 1930s for a collector who reportedly smuggled the ...

As Steven noted recently, "beating" an MMORPG is something deeply subjective which definition shift from one player to the next. For this reason, if you were to ask ten World of Warcraft players what ...

Durga Ashtami, also known as Maha Ashtami, is one of the most sacred days of Navratri. In 2025, Durga Ashtami will be observed on Tuesday, September 30. Devotees worship Goddess Durga in her fierce ...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Sept 29, 2025 (ANI): Durga Puja is in full swing with unique themes across pandals in Bhubaneswar on Sept 29. The Hindu festival of Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava or ...

Though it’s not unusual to pursue hobbies or accumulate collections, personal wealth means those preoccupations can manifest in more eye-popping ways. Take cars, for instance. Before his death in 2021 ...

A rare 12th century manuscript decorated with gold and silver borders, a style known as “illuminated.” A letter signed on March 19, 1777, declaring Township of South Hempstead property owner John ...

Two 17th-century paintings stolen by the Nazis during WWII have been discovered at an Ohio auction house. The artworks, believed to be by Dutch artist Ambrosius Bosschaert, were seized from a Jewish ...

The U.S. government collected $31.4 billion in tariff revenues in August, the largest monthly haul so far in 2025, underscoring the continued impact of trade duties on the economy. Total tariff ...

The bronze sculpture 'The Thinker' (Le Penseur) by French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) is picutred in front of the Hotel Biron housing the Musee Rodin in Paris on November 6, 2015, days ahead ...

In this city of endless museums and galleries, here are some sequestered collections filled with rarities. Little-known Musée d’Ennery, housed in a neo-Classical mansion, is filled with thousands of ...