A chicken is cooking inside a solar contraption in architect Jon Stoumen's Palo Alto back yard. It's a Frankenstein of a device made out of what appears to be an old, rusty barbecue from the 1970s with a glamorous, high-tech solar array grafted onto it.

Summer 2008-Upstate New York is home to some of the nation's most captivating art and architecture, set in a scenic landscape marked by great lakes and natural wonders. Visitors can discover one of the world's finest collections of modern art; tour land

Despite its urban image, the Bronx has 7,000 acres of park land, about 25 percent of its total area. In addition to Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo, the borough's green spaces include the New York Botanical Garden; a 19th-century garden overlooking the

So far this gardening season, we've been lucky. There has been more than enough rain for our gardens to thrive; and in some cases there has been a bit too much. But this situation is not likely to last for long.

MADISON, Wis. -- Ohio State might have the better football team, but the University of Wisconsin just might have the prettier setting. Blame Mother Nature, or whoever it was who decided to stick Wisconsin's capital city and state university on an isthmus