As anyone who made it through third-grade American history may recall, the Brits had a bit of a political and cultural impact on the new world. British-inspired homes, for example, are so prevalent in ...

Three years after St. Augustine was founded, Alvara de Mendana, nephew of the governor of Peru, set out with two ships and 150 soldiers and sailed west to find gold and a new trade route to China.

Mature palm trees bring elevation and the tropics to this brand new mansion in the San Rafael Country Club area of Marin County. Even the address - 10 Margarita Drive - conjures vacation. The Spanish ...

Declared by the National Register of Historic Places to be “a noteworthy representative of a peculiar residential building type prevalent in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century period of ...

The popularity of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, like so many other memorable styles from the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted from exposure at international expositions, advancements in ...

The Spanish Colonial Arts Society has a long history in Santa Fe as an outgrowth of the Society for the Revival of Spanish Arts and the Society for the Restoration and Preservation of Spanish Mission ...

Popular in the Southwest region and California, Spanish colonials are not a style you see very often around Westchester County, which is one of the reasons this particular house is so special. Built ...

Colonial houses are our heritage: physical evidence of the people who first traveled to North America and settled here. Today, “Colonial” has come to be a generic mashup of old and new stylistic ...

A home is more than shelter. It’s a showcase—an extension of our personality, lifestyle, influences and success. One Hollywood Hills estate, a exquisite Spanish Colonial, showcases high above the ...

Statues of Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate are now in storage after demonstrators in New Mexico threatened to topple them. Protesters in California have pulled down sculptures of Spanish ...

Traditional Spanish Market, the oldest and largest juried art show of its kind, returns to Santa Fe this weekend. The market, which is in its 72nd year, draws visitors from around the world. It takes ...