Finally getting around to cleaning out the attic? Before you toss out Grandma's collection of brass reindeer and plastic lawn Santas, make sure they're not worth a fortune. Vintage Christmas ...

One of the most amazing things about America is its diversity of cuisine. In addition to ethnic foods of all types, the U.S. has a history of self-founded restaurants. Some become successes and spawn ...

Collecting things is one of the world's oldest hobbies. From famous paintings to rocks, there's a market for just about anything. So next time you're spring cleaning, don't just throw everything away.

Mercer ranked cities with the best quality of life. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose? Somewhere with a good quality of life would be a good place to start. Mercer, a ...

The purpose of a boycott is to cause economic loss and change behavior, and many throughout history have been successful. A boycott is a form of protest, for moral, social, or political reasons, ...

Most pennies are worth one cent - but a few rare pennies are worth looking for. Collectibles come and go. But coins hold their value remarkably well. Some pennies, originally worth a single cent, are ...

John Pugliano, author of "The Robots Are Coming: A Human's Survival Guide to Profiting in the Age of Automation," sees plenty of white-collar jobs that will be threatened by automation. "Bottom line, ...

Reggaeton has come a long way. Back in the 1990s, the Latin music genre was officially banned by the Puerto Rican government for being too crude and explicit. That’s hard to believe considering that ...

Generations of kids came of age in the golden age of pop culture-inspired action figures. Most of these toys could bend, twist, fire weapons and sometimes even blink — or talk, which is just creepy ...

Hollywood has been a male-dominated industry, but that’s changing. A study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University found that female characters ...

Remember that job you thought you’d have when you grew up? Since not too many of us turned out to be astronauts, ballerinas or rock stars, odds are your career took a different turn. If your 9 to 5 ...

Morgan silver dollars were 90 percent silver, one-dollar coins minted between 1878 and 1904, with a special one-off production in 1921 — but their history goes back a bit further. The Comstock Lode, a ...