Arts and Leisure
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3.3KSix Places That Appear on the Back of a Quarter
From 1999 through 2008, the 50 State Quarter program released commemorative quarters with unique designs for each state. Half of all Americans...
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2.6KWhen Betsy Met Nicholas – A Moffatt Marriage Made in Portsmouth
Among the more charming tales circulated about Portsmouth, N.H. is the marriage of Nicholas Rousselet to Catherine Elizabeth Moffatt in 1786. Betsy,...
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4.7K4Six Historic Boats, From Schooners to Submarines
Historic boats are as much a part of New England as Revolutionary battlefields and old taverns. The region has a fascinating maritime...
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3.1KElton John Sings The Praises of 19th-C Quackery Queen, Lydia Pinkham
In 1968, a song about a quack medicine became a No. 1 hit in the U.K. nearly a century after Lydia E....
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4.5KJ.P. Marquand Razzes the Proper Bostonians
J.P. Marquand mastered two literary genres. As author of a 1930s detective series centering on the international crime-solving detective Mr. Moto, he...
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4.3K2Six Art Deco Gems
You don't have to go to Miami or Hollywood for an Art Deco experience. New England has plenty of Art Deco office...
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1.4KThe Miraculous Rescue of Dorothy Sparks in 1942
On July 20, 1942, Dorothy Sparks went for a cookout with friends in New Hampshire's White Mountains. The plan was to grill...
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19.5KThe Melon Heads of Connecticut
Every New England town can claim a ghost and many have a witch in their past, but the melon heads belong to...
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3.2K1From Soups to Nuts – Ten Eponymous New England Classic Foods
What could be a better guarantee that your name will never be forgotten than having a food named after you? Here, in...
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4.5KSix Famous Artists Houses (Where You Can Stay, Too)
Artists gravitate toward places that inspire them creatively, so you can often find artists houses among splendid scenery or in rural isolation....