Ruth Nichols

11/12/2024

The Greatest Royal Tiaras in History

The Swedish royal family just wore some dramatic diadems to the Nobel Prize Banquet. Here are the greatest diamond headpieces of the British and European royal families.

11/12/2024

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly Have Split

According to multiple reports, the couple is going their separate ways, weeks after Fox announced her pregnancy.

10/12/2024

How a Furniture Designer Decorated Her First New York City Apartment

After a decade spent in Los Angeles, Leah Cu***ng (founder of Maison Madeleine) decided to call New York City home.

10/12/2024

This New Book Unlocks the Secrets of the Most Beautiful Italian Interiors

Laura May Todd’s new book spotlights the rich variety of Italian design.

07/05/2024

Located on what Muslims call Noble Sanctuary and Jews call Temple Mount, the seventh-century A.D. Dome of the Rock is one of Jerusalem’s most recognizable landmarks. Muslims believe the shrine and adjacent mosque mark the spot where Muhammad ascended into heaven.

22/04/2024

Alladale Wilderness Reserve, a former hunting estate on 23,000 acres in the Scottish Highlands, offers travelers overnight lodgings and the chance to witness (and sometimes, assist in) rewilding efforts such as planting native trees or reintroducing wolves.

09/04/2024

Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchling release on North Padre Island, with 93 hatchlings released. Witnessing the cycle of life was truly a celebration.

26/03/2024

Taken just before sunrise to avoid crowds at the Alamo. The blue color of the twilight sky provides good contrast to the illuminated Alamo building. A light breeze provided some nice movement to the Texas state flag

14/03/2024

This photo was taken in Big Bend National Park on the Window Trail. It was late in the day near the Chisos Basin campground of the park.

28/02/2024

A male elephant grabs an evening snack in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. Most of the park’s elephants were killed for their ivory, used to buy weapons during the nation’s 15-year civil war, which ended in 1992. With poaching controlled, the population is recovering.

14/02/2024

Outside a Shibuya drugstore, a stand-in photo board of an apprentice geisha in traditional costume waits for someone to fill its face cutout.

02/02/2024

Shanghai, China: An elevated walkway allows pedestrians to survive the Mingzhu Roundabout in Pudong and to navigate among the widely spaced office buildings and malls. Roughly a quarter million Chinese die on the roads each year; more than half are pedestrians or cyclists.