The fortunes of Coney Island have waxed and waned, but in the early twentieth century, its amusement parks became a major American export.

It's a human right to have opportunities for rest and time off. Even if you live on the streets.

Many 19th-century observers were disturbed by the way young people took the co-ed sport of croquet as an opportunity to flirt.

In the 19th century, bucolic, park-like cemeteries started cropping up on the outskirts of American cities.

It’s been noted that Donald Trump has been playing a lot of golf since becoming president. Can his habit be explained by his "sky-high extroversion?"

In the modern Western world, drug use fits well into economies that divide our days into disciplined, production-oriented “clock time,” and leisure time.

Where did the notion of teaching people how to spend their free time come from, and why did it disappear?