The Boston Athenaeum is one of only about 20 member-supported private libraries in the U.S. dating back to the 18th- and 19th ...

Walking through those doors is like entering a parallel universe where that $35 burning a hole in your pocket suddenly has the purchasing power of a small fortune. The first thing that hits you when ...

The stories of such specialty skills as rush weaving and dry stone walling are detailed in James Fox’s new book.