Arts and Leisure
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5.3KJustin Morgan, More Famous for Owning a Horse Than Writing Gorgeous Music
Justin Morgan became far more famous for the horse he owned than for the brilliant music he wrote. A little six-year-old horse...
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9.1K1The Six Largest Historic Districts in New England
Identifying the largest historic districts in New England was no easy task, as the region has so many collections of historic buildings,...
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15.7K11How To Talk With a New Hampshire Accent
The New Hampshire accent started with the English colonists who first arrived in North America. They brought with them speech patterns from...
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11.0K7Babe Ruth Throws a Piano Into a Pond
Babe Ruth once got drunk while in Sudbury, Mass., and threw a piano into Willis Pond to show off his strength. That,...
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5.8KThe New England Inns and Taverns Quiz
Who doesn't love New England's historic inns and taverns? Nowhere else in the country are there so many old watering holes and...
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10.0K8Six Brutalist Buildings
Two of the most famous Brutalist buildings in America are still provoking strong emotions in New England decades after they first reared...
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6.5K1Danger, Disappointment and Desire: Colonial Superstitions About Moles
Superstitions about moles were commonplace in colonial New England. One of the most pernicious held that moles and other markings in certain...
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5.2KWallace Stevens, Insurance Lawyer, Fights Frost and Hemingway
Wallace Stevens was a plodding insurance executive in Hartford for nearly all of his adult life, except when he spent winter vacations...
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9.3K2It’s St. Joseph’s Day, Eat Your Zeppole
Forget the corned beef and cabbage, break out the zeppole! March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day, time to trade in the green...
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11.3K9Into the Trenchers: Seven Strange Facts About Dinner in Colonial New England
The colonists who first began settling in New England in the 1620s brought what furnishing they could from Europe, but they were...