I recently discovered we have actor Cary Grant to thank for the “chocolate mint on pillows” tradition in luxury hotels.

It's quite tough to find, to the extent that it's been rumored to be discontinued. But spoiler, it's not, which makes nabbing ...

While we might associate M&Ms with all-things fun and whimsical today, they were actually popularized in one of the world's ...

Russ was born in 1948 at the Wills Maternity Sanitarium, a long-demolished building at 2929 Main St. in Kansas City. Today, ...

Once household names, Brooklyn's candy makers numbered nearly 100 around the turn of the 20th century, and today many of their buildings still stand.

Peoria's mighty Main Street had hundreds of businesses and offices from Crescent Avenue to the Illinois River.

On June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm, causing as many as 600 deaths. In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were ...

The bar stuck around for decades but eventually vanished after Hollywood’s 1967 sale. The PowerHouse — introduced in the 1950s by the Peter Paul Candy Co — was a hefty 2-ounce bar of chewy caramel, ...

Once upon a time, Mumbai was a residence for India’s princes and pomp. A walk along Malabar Hill and Breach Candy lets you ...

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a longer story about Downtown Peoria when it was a commercial powerhouse in the 1950s and '60s. In November 1975, a Journal Star columnist recalled ...

At first glance, it was the unlikeliest of friendships. I served as editor of the left-wing Vassar College student newspaper, ...