Like blue and white china, blue and white tiles can be mixed and matched to dazzling visual effect. Combine geometric patterns with plain white tiles outlined in blue, or mix variations on a theme ...

Everyone loves the antique blue and white tiles that mark the street corners in the older sections of New Orleans. But did you ever wonder how the unique horizontal street sign system came about?

When Belgian immigrant Prosper Lamal began selling little blue-and-white lettered tiles to adorn New Orleans sidewalks around the mid-1880s, he presumably wanted only to make a few bucks — which ...