In a room filled with the most impressive names in Gilded Age New York society, one woman stole attention through her taxidermy cat costume.

In 1934, the mayor of Juneau, Alaska dubbed local bull-terrier Patsy-Ann the 'Official Greeter of Juneau’. Despite her pride of place in...

As long-time fans of Magda Archer, we knew if we ever got the opportunity we had to ask her about her 2016 piece “YOU & ME FOREVER O.K”

Two weeks ago, my beloved guinea pig, Orwell, died. I expected to cope with the loss of my little companion much the same as any other...

In 1875 a female elephant was secretly imported to the U.S. from Southeast Asia to perform in the circus. Over the next 25 years, she...

Leigh Cypres didn’t set out to paint dead dogs. She didn’t even intend to paint dogs, not really. But on a whim now over 20 years ago,...

For centuries we have taken to tattoos as a way of showing our undying love for partners, children, pets, tacos, etc. And celebrities are no

Picture this: It’s late on a cool, Friday night. You went for after work drinks with friends, maybe you stopped at the grocery store for...

This past weekend, accompanied by a good friend who “likes when I take her to cemeteries,” I drove 20 minutes northwest of Washington, DC...

Instead the woman looked in my eyes. “I hate to see you the day he dies,” she said. It was a strangely intimate thing to say, but maybe only