On Jan. 15, 1919, an enormous molasses storage tank burst in Boston’s North End, and a 25-foot-high molasses flood surged through the streets...
Horatio Alger wrote rags-to-riches stories about poor boys who succeed through hard work, often helped by a wealthy benefactor with a guilty...
Emma Snodgrass created a sensation in 1852 by showing up in Boston wearing pants. She was mocked, arrested and sent home to...
The death of Thomas Ince just after his 42nd birthday party was as legendary as some of the movies he produced. As...
There is, in fact, gold in seawater. And that is the kernel of truth upon which two men from Martha’s Vineyard would...
Witch hysteria took hold in Connecticut 45 years before Salem, Mass., began its own orgy of witch killing, On May 26, 1647,...