The architecture of the Gothic period (ca 1150—1550 CE) belongs to the most significant manifestations of human culture. The development of a skeletal system supported by flying buttresses represents ...

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ELDON, Iowa — Bruce Thiher is accustomed to opening his door and finding pilgrims who have driven long miles to this no-stoplight railroad town where the trains don’t go anymore. They have not come to ...

Reporting from ANAMOSA, Iowa — If you’ve suspected there’s more to artist Grant Wood than the constantly parodied 1930 classic “American Gothic,” explore his homeland and you’ll find out why you’re ...

Politics doesn't change much as the centuries pass. Certainly the tradition of sitting in parliament year after year without opening your mouth was observed as rigorously in the 19th century as it is ...