After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.

Allen Park, Michigan, is home to the giant Uniroyal Tire. Avoca, Iowa, has the Volkswagen Beetle Spider, and Alliance, Nebraska, has Carhenge. France has a car-themed sight next to a road as well, ...

Mr. Hawkins explained he kept a large pickle jar on his dresser and every time something wonderful happened in his life he ...

Outside Krispy Kreme’s flagship store in Times Square, as we waited for our coffee and doughnuts, a sudden commotion broke the buzz of the evening. A NYPD vehicle came hurtling down West 48th Street, ...

That’s Cottage Grove, Oregon for you – a small town with big personality tucked away in the Willamette Valley, where covered bridges whisper stories and murals tell tales without saying a word. The ...

This stunning, cosmic-themed firepit is ready to be the centerpiece of your backyard parties this summer. View Entire Post › ...

New York, the sleepless marvel, the ceaseless engine of ambition and artistry, thrives in perpetual motion. Its grid of intersecting streets and avenues pulses with the choreography of humanity: a ...

The zombie-creating fungus in The Last of Us is real, but there are many other fungi to fear. Of the 5 million fungal species in the world, a few hundred are dangerous to people.

Synchronous fireflies aren’t a rare or threatened species, Nichols said, and their range extends up the Allegheny Mountains and down into Georgia. But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a “hot ...

Synchronous fireflies aren’t a rare or threatened species, Nichols said, and their range extends up the Allegheny Mountains and down into Georgia. But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a “hot ...