I didn’t know what to expect when I walked into a Baptist church last Sunday to attend a special service. It was the first ...

On a recent weekday afternoon, the First Baptist Church of Claremont was still and silent — pews empty, sunlight streaming ...

There’s a place in Illinois where the clock seems to tick a little slower, where strangers wave hello, and where the biggest traffic jam might involve a tractor and three cars on Main Street.

The Broadway Fountain stands as the town’s centerpiece, a cast-iron beauty that’s been the backdrop for countless wedding photos and impromptu summer cool-downs for generations of local kids.

Hidden deep in the German countryside stands the “Red Church,” a Neo-Gothic sanctuary built in 1894 and left to decay. Once ...