Today, Utopian societies refer to a group of people who ... groups had different rules and beliefs, and from the early 1800s, many of them moved to the United States. This was because US statutes ...

Every once in a while, a proud little community will sprout up just to let the world know how Utopia should be run. With chins raised almost as high as ideals, the community marches forth to be an ...

The community would have no prisons, no private carriages, no aristocratic mansions—just houses, schools and hospitals, as grand as the royal palaces of old. This was the utopian vision of ...

In the late 1800s, there were seven documented Utopian communities in California with four based in the North Bay. The area's scenery, agriculture and isolation is likely why so many settled here.

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She notes as well that some critics over the years have condemned utopian thought, along with styles and symbols, as an aestheticization of politics that confuses “political states and communities ...

Place is important to artist Susan Meyer. Originally from Utica, she's influenced in part by utopian communities, including many that originated in upstate New York, such as the Oneida Community.