Science and Nature
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3.3K2Six Historic Apple Orchards
Trying to pick six historic apple orchards in New England may be a fool’s errand. As Maine apple expert John Bunker explains,...
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2.9K5The Great 1727 Earthquake and the Wrath of God
Northern New Englanders ran for cover in late October as the 1727 earthquake, more powerful than any they had experienced, shook the...
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2.7K1The History of Indian Summer
Indian summer evolved over the centuries from a pioneer superstition to the poet’s best friend to the meteorologists’ whipping boy. It is...
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9.3K46 Tallest Trees in New England
Once New England was home to the greatest forests and the tallest trees in the world. They were a major attraction for...
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5.9K1The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846
One month after a tropical storm walloped Massachusetts, the Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 blew through New England, flattening factories, collapsing houses,...
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3.6K2The Fall River Skeleton in Armor
The Fall River skeleton discovered in 1832 in a sand bank near a church had an unusual feature: It was clad in...
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4.4K66 Highest Points in New England
You might think the most challenging mountain climbing adventure in New England is Mount Washington in New Hampshire. You would be wrong....
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3.7K2The 1965 Drought, New England’s Worst Ever
It will probably be several centuries before the Northeast United States again suffers a drought like the one in 1965. It was...
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2.8K1The Sinking of the Andrea Doria Ends an Era
The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria wasn't supposed to sink. After all, her designers had learned the lessons from the Titanic disaster. But on a...
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2.5K3How the Civil War Made the Wild Maine Blueberry Go National
The wild Maine blueberry was an underappreciated fruit for centuries until the Civil War put it on the national map. "We do...