While Rip Van Winkle was away, his village grew, his kids had children, and his wife passed away. These things happened irrespective of the fact that Rip was in a drunken stupor for 20 years.

One of the weirdest paintings in the National Gallery of Art — and one of my favorites — is John Quidor’s 1849 “The Return of Rip Van Winkle,” which shows Washington Irving’s title character ...

Remember me? I’m the modern day Rip Van Winkle. In 1769, old Rip wandered into the Catskill mountains with his dog, Wolf. As the sun began to set, he met some strange fellows who shared too much ...

Additionally, the winner will also receive a Julian Van Winkle III-signed copy of the best-selling book Pappyland, a set of etched crystal double Old-Fashioned glasses, an Old Rip Van Winkle ...

Two hundred years ago this summer, Washington Irving sat down one night and poured out the tale of an 18th-century Hudson Valley layabout who wandered up into the Catskill Mountains, drank some ...