Arts and Leisure
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7.5K2Six Historic Buildings With a Clerestory
The clerestory window makes a lot of sense in New England because of the short, short days during the long, long winter....
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14.3K4Six Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though the quintessential New England house is usually considered a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a few mid-century...
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8.2K1Varick Frissell: the New England Filmmaker Who Died in the Biggest Hollywood Disaster Ever
In 1930, Varick Frissell traveled north to Canada to make the deadliest movie ever. Twenty-six people would die in the filming, including...
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7.5KAmos Doolittle, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Amos Doolittle didn’t let a little political disagreement get in the way of creating the most important images of the American Revolution....
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11.5K2Six Historic Cemeteries in New England
As Halloween approaches, we thought it appropriate to look at some of the most historic cemeteries in New England. Cemeteries are almost...
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8.6KWorld War I Inspires Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, the man who created the children’s book character Doctor Dolittle, was an MIT trained civil engineer who spent much of...
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7.8KThe Rolling Thunder Revue Visits Jack Kerouac’s Gravesite
Bob Dylan returned to some of his most important roots in 1975 when he came to Massachusetts, particularly Cambridge and Lowell, with...
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6.7KFrederick Tuckerman, the Man Who Would Be Emily Dickinson
If Frederick Tuckerman had been born a woman, you might think he was Emily Dickinson’s twin. Like Emily, Frederick Tuckerman came from...
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4.5KDexter Fellows – the Greatest Ballyhoo Man on Earth
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
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5.5KSix 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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