A Native American community severely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak has received an outpour of donations from Irish people, who are returning a historic favor from 173 years ago.

Missing the great outdoors? While planning our next national park vacation than we are being outside, we’re making the most of quarantine with these live webcams of national parks... One silver lining has emerged from the Coronavirus pandemic: the environment is healing.

Unwind With These Free, Museum-Led Meditation and Mindfulness Sessions After weeks—or months—of sheltering in place, many stuck inside are feeling decidedly devoid of inner peace. Luckily, thanks to an array of online offerings announced by shuttered cultural institutions, options for unwinding abound. Among the most relaxing experiences available: meditation and mindfulness sessions led by the Rubin Museum of Art in …

As much of the world adjusts to a new normal of restricted living, our readers share tips for finding everyday joys... The Zoom platform is easy and convenient. Missing your favorite teacher or class? This will allow you to still take that class with that teacher at their regular time slots in the safe environment of your own home.

Many of us are now entering the second, third or fourth week of restrictions on our movements, and it is becoming ever clearer that overcoming this crisis will be a marathon, not a sprint. As we all collectively adjust to our unique situations, we asked New York Times readers to share their ideas for pursuing the traveler’s spirit of discovery, curiosity and delight within their new limitations at home.

See Traveling Boy's Film Critics winners for 2020 and our tribute to the late Kirk Douglas.

A Koreatown-based company in Los Angeles is giving pet lovers a second chance with Fido.For pet owners who just aren’t ready to let go, ViaGen can provide an invaluable service by cloning a beloved dog, cat, or even horse... Johnny Cash is arguably country music’s most cited influence by younger artists, but Cash wasn’t above being influenced himself. He was forever a student of music, always listening for songs that moved him.

The Guggenheim Museum in New York City is architecture as sculpture — a smooth, creamy-colored, curved form that deliberately defies its square, gray urban context, and succeeds by harnessing the pure abstraction of modernism to the archaic form of the spiral.

See Traveling Boy's Film Critics winners for 2020... Traveling Boy Film Critics Association selects Kirk Douglas’ film appearances followed with comments by Mr. Douglas... Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators under enormous pressure from their parties and their constituents.

Last week, Kane Tanaka celebrated her 117th birthday with a party at a nursing home in Fukuoka, Japan... By the year 2040, international travel will be a faster, easier and more ecologically sustainable activity than ever before, according to a report... It’s been almost 600 years since the trial and execution of Joan of Arc, and her memory hasn’t faded.