Wading through a pile of marbles to find just the right one is a bit like gold mining. You never know what you might turn up.

It seems the whole world has gone a little crazy these days. Here in this country, we've had these afflictions before — the Civil War, the McCarthy era and Vietnam were all trying times. Of course, ...

According to the conventional view of history, humans have only walked the Earth in our present form for some 200,000 years. Advanced civilizations appeared several thousand years ago, but much of the ...

The remains of the former Vitro Agate Marble Factory in Parkersburg are finally being torn down. Crews were out at the site ...

Now at the Kimbell Art Museum, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to display works from a vast, vital Italian ...

Jade, Tiger’s Eye, Carnelian—semi-precious gemstones are keeping us grounded and brightening up our wardrobes this fall. Adorning our necks, ears, and wrists with gemstones is nothing new, but today’s ...

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Do you think that today’s mad-dash grab for the hottest toys is just a phenomenon of modern times? Not necessarily. In the past as in the present, where we find children, we find toys, as shown by the ...