Colonial Williamsburg

Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say

2013-05-01 13:47:00

The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...

The startling spirit of Malacca, Malaysia

2011-11-27 00:00:00

What traveler hasn't landed in a dreamed-of destination and found it crawling with tourists, fast-food franchises, name-brand stores and dollar-a-beer bars? The good bones of Charleston, S.C., which made the World Monuments Fund's list of imperiled...

New museums to marvel over in Amsterdam, Rome and Paris

2011-07-17 00:00:00

In a wide-ranging trip to Europe this year, I found three major new museums to love: in Amsterdam, the first satellite branch of Russia's celebrated Hermitage; in Rome, a long-awaited museum for contemporary arts that is a work of art itself; and in...

The Spotlight: Rob Nagle in 'Play Dates' at Theatre Asylum

2011-02-16 16:33:23

Presidential decorating, for better or worse, in 'Dream House: The White House as an American Home'

2009-12-28 16:33:32

Mamie Gummer gets the royal treatment

2010-04-27 16:32:50

Brand X Files: Alicia Keys marries. Have elites abandoned us? Lindsay Lohan in rehab for meth addiction?

2010-08-02 16:36:21

Fashion Diary: QVC will be at the Oscars

2010-02-05 16:32:18

Battlefield Virginia

2008-05-28 11:23:04

From the heavy guns of a seacoast fort through battle-scarred Yorktown and the swampy outskirts of Richmond, the Virginia Peninsula tells the story of a massive war campaign and the evolution of warfare. Along this finger of land cut by the York and...

Peak Season on Chesapeake Bay

2002-06-23 00:00:00

You see them everywhere on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the weekend sailors. They are unmistakable with their deep tans, their baggy shorts, their frayed polo shirts, their Top-Siders worn without socks. Some may not even own their own boats, much less win...

Plenty to see close to home

2003-02-23 00:00:00

Craving a vacation at sea but unwilling to fly to a port, Jay and Shelly Schwartz hopped a taxi from their home in Maryland and within an hour were boarding the Galaxy in Baltimore, Celebrity Cruises' new departure point for 10- and 11-night Caribbean...

One hotel room, to go

2004-09-16 00:00:00

Call it prefab luxury decorating: If you like what you see in a cushy hotel suite, take the whole thing home. You can buy the tables, chairs, towels, martini glasses, even the bed. About the only thing you can't take with you is the maid. As the idea of...

"Colonial Williamsburg stays with your family."

2013-05-17 08:55:00

Alanna Craig plays with a hoop and sticks with her fifth-grade classmates along Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg on Friday. The school group is visiting Williamsburg from Millersville, Md.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

P. Allen Smith lectures in Colonial Williamsburg April 13.

2013-04-09 06:50:00