Family heirlooms are the theme for this month’s column, including a fine example of an American “crazy quilt,” a porcelain night light, an Early American pattern glass carafe, an aeronautical school ...

Taxidermy specimens, medical implements from less enlightened eras, and strange Victorian memento mori remind us of humanity’s complicated relationship with mortality and the natural world. The ...

In the shadow of Mount St. Helens, nestled in the tiny town of Cook, Washington, sits a crimson-colored treasure trove that would make Indiana Jones hang up his hat and settle down.