Hidden deep in Poland’s countryside stands an abandoned 17th century chapel known as the Oval Church. Once a place of worship ...

When divers surfaced from the cold waters of a Polish lake earlier this year cradling a carved wooden face, they were holding a survivor from a millennium ago. The find, lifted from the bottom of Lake ...

John Rajtar’s deepest passions come into focus at Christmas: faith and family, celebrated through cherished Polish traditions. The 68-year-old folk artist and iconographer decorates every nook of his ...

At 97, a Mississippi woman shares 600 nativity sets from around the world — crafted from coffee beans, oyster shells, fish bones and more — turning a lifetime hobby into a community Christmas ...

Charley Hull slips through the front door of her stone 17th-century home, her platinum blonde hair slicked into a sweaty ...

Ancient, elegant, and dripping with all the intrigue of a former Soviet city, Riga is one of Europe's most underrated destinations.

Learn how Christmas Eve food traditions are celebrated around the world, from Mexican tamales to Japanese KFC. What will inspire your own holiday table?

Underwater archaeologists discovered a wooden face that dates back more than 1,000 years. Experts say the face may have been used to ward off evil spirits from the settlement. Similar carvings have ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...

Planning a wedding requires a myriad of pressing decisions—chief among them the destination. A ceremony’s venue helps set the tone for the entire event, whether it’s saying “I do” beneath a canopy of ...

Now, the church in Iznik, a small town several hours from Istanbul, stands on dry land, its ruins exposed as the waters that engulfed it for more than 700 years have receded due to climate change.

Raids, protests, shootings, arrests, the use of tear gas — Sun-Times photojournalists captured these moments in hundreds of photos over the last several months. When President Donald Trump launched ...