Year: 2012

The Early Television Museum in Hilliard, Ohio, boasts more than 150 television sets, including mechanical sets from the 1920s and American and British equipment from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Many of the sets are in working order.

North America saw the second fastest rise in average hotel prices in the first half of 2012, with a growth of 5 percent.

A new exhibit — “From Farm to City: Staten Island 1661-2012” — puts the 350-year history of Staten Island into a new perspective.