Tucked beneath the streets on the cusp of the Highland Park neighborhood, Highland Underground is about to be Des Moines’ newest basement cocktail lounge — a space that feels like stepping into a ...

Today, it's easy to go on a shopping spree without leaving your couch, but it wasn't long ago that shopping was an event, and heading to a fancy department store might even require getting dressed in ...

A crowd gathers outside Herbst Department Store on May 23, 1922, for the retailer's "Dollar Day" sale. The store at 16 Broadway was a bustling center of activity for 90 years before it closed. Now, ...

Macy’s announcement Tuesday that it will close 150 stores, or nearly a third of its total, is the result of a once-great department store industry in decades of decline. The gradual demise of the ...

From Le Bon Marché in Paris to Macy’s in New York, we delve into the history of the world’s most iconic department stores.