From family heirlooms to thrift store finds, this month’s collectibles represent a wide range of tastes and styles over the last 100 years, from Italy, China, the United States and Denmark. Tracking ...

An Italian woman who was serenaded by her romantic husband from outside her hospital window has died after they were reunited one last time. Carla Sacchi, 74, and her husband of 47 years, Stefano ...

The first unexpected is the shop itself. Situated on an industrial corner in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, in a nondescript warehouse, is a room filled with intricate vintage accordions, many ...

The hum of an accordion might transport you to the streets of Paris or a drafty Italian restaurant with red and white checkered tablecloths and candles stuck in Chianti bottles. Maybe polka comes to ...

Ercole Ventura isn’t convinced his name suits him. In Italian, “Ercole” translates to “Hercules.” And at 5-foot-8 and average weight, Ercole said, he can’t compare to the mythic figure. “I just don’t ...

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2019 shows Italian accordions on display at the Tacheng Accordion Museum in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Taking up an area of 500 square meters, ...

More than 70 percent of Italy's gross domestic product comes from small businesses — and they're not growing. Economists are worried this will make it impossible for Italy to climb out of its massive ...