Remote Isle au Haut is integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations to create its own microgrid

Don’t let the coronavirus quarantine hold you back from becoming an armchair traveler

How do you select one image to represent half a century of photography and art? You don’t

Transform your Zoom virtual background or computer desktop into a work of art

Tulips, cherry blossoms and orchids supply a ray of hope during self-isolation

A Smithsonian folklorist examines Jewish humor in the midst of a pandemic

The new viruses are not harmful to humans or closely related to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19

A planned exhibition at the Portland Art Museum highlights the boldness of their work

Steeds who made headlines for winning races now get to enjoy their final years at a slower pace

These virtual versions of classic and lesser-known games are ideal for social distancing

Taken during the Banpo fountain light show

Two girls run up the rounded walls of the Heydar Aliyev Center in the heart of Baku.

I imagine the year to be 1957, when Havana was the world's 4th-most-expensive city at the time. Many vintage buildings remain in Havana today, and many of my friends still play and live in such buildings. Today, as the Castro era wanes, Cuba's youth have their doubts, dreams and stories... It is time to make new memories and new histories, while revisiting and reevaluating old ones...1957 is a collection of portraits and stories of my friends in Cuba...This one is called Havana Queen Story, a portrait for the drag Queen Salma. Drag Queens, together with many of the LGBT community are all issues that haven’t been tolerated well at all until recently. In recent years, they are playing to sell-out crowds again every night.

Monuments in winter

When the full moon rises, dark skies shine with bright fire, and the stars go to the dance, as if greeting it. Kazakhstan

Karyukai - the very secretive flower and willow world of the Japanese Geishas. Each Geisha is like a flower, beautiful in her own way, and like a willow tree, gracious, flexible and strong. For many locals, even those living in Kyoto, the closest they have come is perhaps glimpsing a Geisha alighting from taxis and quickly disappearing behind a nameless sliding door. The Geiko Tomitsuyuu enjoying the peace and serenity of the quiet temple room. She thinks of her music and her dance. The scene is like a fairy tale, the Heron Maiden...

Magenta skies over Monument Valley at sunset.

A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race

In 1919, a second wave of cases of the previous year's flu lead to the sudden death of the hockey championship

Historian Ellen Carol DuBois chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women in her new book

In the hours after disaster struck Anchorage, an unexpected figure named Genie Chance came to the rescue

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is looking for 1,000 places tied to women's history, and to share the stories of the figures behind them

The first major exhibition of its kind, "Hearts of Our People," boasts 82 pieces from 115 Native women across North America

While COVID-19 has us homebound, it’s a good time to reflect on the peculiar histories of housewares we take for granted

A new book explores how George Washington shaped the group of advisors as an institution to meet his own needs

Sketches from the workshop of French engineer Gustave Eiffel suggest a different plan for Lady Liberty’s upraised arm

A new book charts the history of counting the public, from the ancient censuses in Rome to the American version of decennial data collection

Follow the Frenchman who remade the woods surrounding a royal estate into the world’s first nature preserve

In a nation under quarantine, chronicling a crisis demands careful strategy

Seventy-five years after a memorable mission, the B26 bomber 'Flak-Bait' undergoes preservation at the National Air and Space Museum

Plague, war and politics have altered the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca throughout history

As Babe Ruth was emerging as baseball's great slugger in 1918, he fell sick with the flu

The institution took decades to come to grips with the trauma of the killing of four students 50 years ago

During the Nazi occupation of France, many valuable works of art were stolen from the Jeu de Paume museum and relocated to Germany. One brave French woman kept detailed notes of the thefts

A filmed documentary on the University of Michigan 1970 environmental teach-in, asks the questions: Do teach-ins work? (The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan)

Henry Ford spent the majority of the war as a pacifist. By 1917, however, his state-of-the-art assembly line was churning out vital engine parts to feed the war machine.

The medieval English longbow first came to prominence during the Hundred Years War. In 1346, English forces used it to devastating effect to cut down a superior French army.

Highway 8, otherwise known as the Dempster Highway, will be closed to all traffic at 5 p.m. on Friday, according to the government of the Northwest Territories.

Yukon officials say the territory's campgrounds will open to campers on June 4, but the territory's borders will remain closed. They also issued guidelines for some health care services to reopen.

The Nunavut government says there is no set limit on how much money it is prepared to spend on hotels for residents required to isolate before they return home.

Yellowknife RCMP confirmed the death of the missing 22-year-old woman on Friday and charged 27-year-old Devon Larabie in connection with her death.

Shadunjen van Kampen, a 21-year-old member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in Yukon, recently completed her written exams and flight test. She plans to be a commercial bush pilot. 

Darin Isaac was elected on Wednesday as the new chief of the Selkirk First Nation in Yukon. Isaac also held the position for two terms from 2005 to 2011. He has also served as a councillor for three terms.

Now that the New Brunswick COVID-19 curve is flat, risk lies at the borders. What’s considered essential and non-essential travel, and how is New Brunswick making sure people coming in are following safety rules?

Many retailers are eager to hear more details from the province about when and how they should reopen after weeks of being closed to the public. The next phase of recovery is expected to start Friday.

Some New Brunswickers will be heading back to work next week, but their regular childcare facilities may not be available. 

Public Health has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, said a news release from the government.