Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a ...

Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.

What do eight centuries of history look like from the sky? Right now, you are floating above Notre-Dame. Stone. Symmetry.

I half-jokingly refer to myself as a “recovering Catholic” when asked about my religion. I grew up going to Catholic school ...