The writer Andrew Solomon recounts his enduring love for the cheerful little heroes of Swedish folklore, handed down from his late mother. By Andrew Solomon First, advent calendars; then gnomes; then ...

Folklore abounds with tales of gnomes popping up in misty glens and brambly thickets. But in classified ads? Not until last week. Colie Campbell of Duluth placed a Lost and Found notice in the News ...

Windowsills full of flowers, carved wooden doors, garden gnomes. A new book shows the style of ranch houses from California to New Mexico In America between the 1950s and 1960s, especially in the ...