Carl Philipp Fohr, “The Ruins of Hohenbaden” (1814/15), Watercolor (courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection) The Romantic landscape artists of the 18th and 19th century were so obsessed ...

America in the midst of our holiday season — a time for family, rest and hotly contested litigation over religious displays on government property. For this year’s installment, we have a “tree ...

LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the year since the Maui wildfires, Lahaina’s famous banyan tree has been portrayed as a sign of the town’s resilience and strength. But also, during that time, sentiment ...

The Christmas tree set up annually in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, is not just a Christmas tree. Over the years, it's taken on different meanings. And NPR's Julian Hayda reports that this year, in the ...

Torrential rains in Sierra Leone's capital felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree, a national treasure whose loss has left "a gap" in people's hearts, the country's President Julius Maada Bio said ...

Christmas wouldn't be the same without the Christmas tree. It has been a beautiful symbol, even for people who didn't have the kind of trees we traditionally use. In pioneer days -- especially on the ...

As the countdown to Christmas begins, the Christian community in the federal capital, like elsewhere in the country, is joyfully embracing the tradition of decorating evergreen coniferous trees to ...

There is symbolism in just about everything you can dream up. What part of that — and how it applies to your life situation — is what you need to figure out? Dear Dream Retriever: A little background ...