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Pets

Dog breeds with the most timeless popularity

Three Irish Setters sitting in the grass

When Halloween is too scary: How parents can help kids cope

A young girl wearing an orange Halloween dress crying during a party.

Beyond the generator: Home battery backups gain popularity as power grid failures rise

A modern home with a solar power home battery system.

Food & Drink

Best brunch restaurants in 50 major cities

Food & Drink

Best delis in 50 major cities

Pets

Pets

20 facts about French bulldogs

Three french bulldog puppies

Pets

20 facts about dachshunds

A box filled with daschund puppies

Pets

20 facts about Labrador retrievers

Chocolate lab sits in grass

Pets

20 facts about beagles

Box of beagle puppies

Pets

20 facts about golden retrievers

Golden retriever enjoying the outdoors in a large grass field at sunset.

Art & Culture

Best podcasts to stream for your mental health

A young woman lying on couch while listening to music with her headphones.

Art & Culture

Far from making their last calls, LGBTQ+ bars evolve to imagine a new world

A rainbow of shot glasses on a bar.

Art & Culture

100 of the best books by Black authors

Title page inside a copy of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'Beloved.'

The flip phone renaissance: 9 retro phones that Gen Z is obsessed with in 2025

A rhinestones-studded T-Moble Sidekick II unit.

These museums are teaching us about how our cities work

People interacting with a CityWorks exhibit exploring the water and wastewater infrastructure system.

Family

The anarchic playgrounds where putting kids at risk is the point

Silhouette of one of the children standing on the edge of an abandoned wooden fort.

Loneliness is putting senior men’s health at risk. Here’s how to help.

A senior man with a cane thinks deeply while sitting on a sofa.

Top baby names in 2025, broken down by state

A group of diverse babies crawling on a white floor.

Classics for babies: Board books introduce Shakespeare and Tolstoy to young readers

A version of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' by Jennifer Adams as a children's book, beside a typewriter.

When Halloween is too scary: How parents can help kids cope

A young girl wearing an orange Halloween dress crying during a party.

Food & Drink

Food & Drink

Best brunch restaurants in 50 major cities

Food & Drink

Best delis in 50 major cities

Food & Drink

25 most popular food and snack brands

A woman and little girl shopping for snacks in a grocery aisle.

Tips and recipes for a successful homegating party

Family and friends dining outside a home during a barbecue dinner party.

How to safely handle food and medicine in a power outage

A temperature in front of an open refrigerator.

In Your State

In your state

States with the most boat owners

A happy senior couple sitting on the side of a sail boat on a calm blue sea looking and pointing to a clear horizon

In your state

States with the most registered hunters

Hunter walking carrying a rifle on a sunny fall day

In your state

States with the highest concentration of bridges

View of San Francisco skyline with famous Oakland Bay Bridge illuminated in evening light.

In your state

States with the most drunk driving fatalities

Burning vehicle upside down in the middle of the road after collision.

In your state

States where road conditions are deteriorating fastest

Close up on damaged road surface.

Retrospective

Retrospective

Can you solve these 25 real Jeopardy! clues about the '70s?

Models from Finland preview a collection of suede and leatherwear, including leather Micro Pants, the finnish equivalent of Hot Pants, by Friitala of Finland.

Retrospective

What state seals say about America and what they don't

The U.S. seal on a podium.

Retrospective

The decline of pay phones in every state

A vintage black and white photo of a telephone booth at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City.

Retrospective

What Christmas was like the year you were born

Young boy dressed as an engineer and his kitten play with a train set next to a Christmas tree

Retrospective

Holiday gift crazes and fads of the past century

In your state

Facts about every state that will make you smile

In your state

25 best states for singles

In your state

26 worst states for singles

Family

French-inspired baby names you'll want to steal

Art & Culture

100 best Xbox games of all time

Art & Culture

Outrageous holidays for every week of the year

Art & Culture

25 Holidays Not Celebrated in America

In your state

Biggest city for holiday shopping in every state

Family

Classic Baby Names that are Going Extinct