Some wear impeccably pressed western shirts, belts with big, shiny buckles, jeans, and leather boots. These are the more traditional looks. Others opt for a more casual, urban style, with tracksuits ...

Inaugurated in 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the Americas bears the name of Giovanni da Verrazzano, the navigator and envoy of France who first explored New ...

Eugene Bullard in his French aviator uniform, Paris, July 4, 1917. © Agence Rol/Bibliothèque nationale de France At the French War Veterans’ section of Flushing ...

The foghorn on the Magellan sounded in New York Bay. When the cargo ship finally emerged from the mist, 25,000 spectators exploded in cheers. Gathered in Battery Park despite the cold, they offered ...

On January 25, 1924, bright sunlight flooded the village of Chamonix and the Mont Blanc massif. One international delegation after the next took to the stand for the opening ceremony of the first ...

Last year’s cultural highlights in France ran the gamut from a blockbuster Picasso exhibition to a musical about Al Capone. But the most popular event was surely the publication of yet another ...

The Molitor swimming pool was designed by Lucien Pollet and inaugurated in 1929. Restored to its original condition, the building – now home to a luxury hotel ...

Among the more than 50,000 people competing in the 52 nd New York City Marathon, a small number will be running for a very specific cause. This group will be supporting the Bowery Mission, one of the ...

Edith Piaf’s life was a blend of joy and disaster, and her time in New York City was no different. It was in this city that she married the singer Jacques Pills on July 29, 1952. She regularly ...

In your first novel, in 2016, you described Stromae’s suicide in a Manhattan apartment, three days after a triumphant concert at Madison Square Garden. Was this a morbid work of fiction? It has often ...

How do you offer both academic excellence and easy living? American universities tout the calm atmosphere on their campuses, which are often located far from the hustle and bustle of big cities. But ...

Richard Linklater was visiting Philadelphia in 1989. Originally from Austin, he was enjoying the change of scenery while exploring the city. Quite by chance, he stopped at a toy store, where he met an ...