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By Krista Bo Polanco, CNN (CNN) — Jeff Robertson didn’t take Halloween decorations seriously until 2020, when he wanted to make his kids smile during the pandemic. Every year since, his yard in Holly Springs, North Carolina — and hundreds more across the country –— has been full of plastic skeletons of all sizes for

By Jori Finkel (CNN) — In a very rare and likely precedent-setting agreement, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston has agreed to return two works from 1857 by the Black potter David Drake, who made his ambitious jars while enslaved, to his present-day descendants. By the terms of the contract, one of those vessels

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — First it took hold at New York Fashion Week. Black feathers spilling out the front of a beige car coat at Brandon Maxwell. An Altuzarra knit two-piece that made its wearer look like they had been tarred and feathered, but beautifully rather than as some heinous ancient punishment. A

CNN By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news round-up this week: advice for holiday travelers, a robot that could save old languages from dying out, plus a new super-luxurious overnight train in Italy. Holiday travel preview Have you thought about holiday travel yet? Time is just about up if you want the

By Aaron Sagers, CNN (CNN) — Even though she had already been traveling for six years pursuing ghosts, it was a tour of an 1821 building in Savannah, Georgia, that left registered nurse Ashley Wiseman scared to tears. During an organized ghost-hunt weekend in 2018, the 41-year-old Connecticut resident was already feeling uncomfortable during the

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — There are no saints in the aftermath of a complicated breakup, and in one of the visuals accompanying Lily Allen’s latest album, “West End Girl” — interpreted as a post-mortem on her marriage to actor David Harbour — she assumes the role of the wayward nun, donning the familiar

By Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — It is fall 1981 and a 31-year-old Bruce Springsteen has just wrapped a wildly successful tour for his latest album, “The River.” But instead of returning to the studio to produce new songs — as was the preference of his label Columbia Records — the musician retreated to a

Story by Antonia Mortensen, video by Alessandro Gentile, Channon Hodge Tuscany, Italy (CNN) — Italy has an expensive new transport experience, and it’s not a Ferrari. The Dolce Vita Orient Express — unveiled earlier this year — is the country’s first homegrown luxury train, pitched as an homage to the 1950s and ‘60s, when glamor

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After Naima Green married her wife and fellow artist, Sable Elyse Smith, suddenly it seemed as if everyone in their orbit was curious if a baby would follow. As a teacher, Green loves children, and she has often photographed pregnant friends and new parents as a gesture for her

By Barry Neild, CNN Pamukkale, Turkey (CNN) — From a distance, Pamukkale looks every bit like a ski resort, with a cascade of brilliant white slopes and a scattering of tourists at the top, seemingly preparing to slalom down into the valley below. So why isn’t it melting away as midsummer temperatures nudge toward 100

CNN Travel staff (CNN) – Scary sells. Whatever the nature of their flesh, the spirits of the dead rake in very real profits when it comes to sightseeing. The tourists shelling out for the haunted houses that pop up in the fall like skeletons and spooky inflatables on suburban lawns are doing so for a

By Jenny Adams New Orleans (CNN) — – If you meet a local to hang out in the Bywater, they might suggest a matcha latte at Petite Clouet Café. Or, a visit to Chance In Hell SnoBalls, where icy confections come in wild flavors like dill pickle, ube or root beer. Petite Clouet is pale