The Fourth of July is upon us, and what can be more wholesomely all-American than Dogs Playing Poker? The turn-of-the-(last)-century lithograph by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934) has had an ...

For many years the Free Masons have had their names spoken in hushed tones, with many regarding the mysterious organization with awe, mistrust and confusion. Lecturer Saul Silas Fathi recently spoke ...

Instead of commonplace designs like flowers or snowflakes, seamstress Celestia A. Milliken decorated her colorful quilt in 1908 with the square and compass and 70 other secret symbols of Freemasonry.

Elizabeth St Leger from Doneraile was the first Irish woman to become a Freemason Elizabeth Aldworth (née St Leger) - ‘The Lady Freemason'. The ‘Lady Freemason’s Room’ at Doneraile Court. Photo: Bill ...

Since long before The Lost Symbol, Freemasons have been accused of everything from conspiring with extraterrestrials to practicing sexual deviancy to engaging in occult rituals to running the world—or ...