Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
The Ancient Burying Ground, the oldest historic site in Hartford, contains the remains of 6,000 early men, women and children who settled...
The Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass., commemorates one of the greatest China traders of his age, Theodore Lyman. Few other memorials, written...
The oldest public high schools in the United States all stand in New England, probably because the Puritans believed in educating children...
When Gen. George Washington needed men, food, cannon or gunpowder for his army, he could usually get it at the Trumbull store...
In the beginning years of the 20th century, the tiny village of Wells River, Vt., was invaded annually by hordes of fat...
The American Revolution created rifts in many families with both patriots and loyalists among their members, none more disruptive than the divide...
When Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Boston in the fall of 1951, the word ‘freedom’ was very much in the air....
Success came easily to Morgan Bulkeley, but still he had to crowbar his way into the Connecticut governor’s office. Literally. He ran...
Italian immigrants put their stamp on New England as indelibly as any Puritan. New England, in fact, is the most Italian region...