Connecticut
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3.1KMarilyn Monroe in Connecticut: The Misfit
As implausible as Marilyn Monroe in Connecticut may seem today, it’s where she thought her most cherished dream would come true. When...
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4.9KThe Extraordinary Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
In 1916, a 72-year-old sea captain named Benjamin Cleveland decided to take a 75-year-old wooden vessel on one last voyage. So Cleveland,...
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2.0KLuke Ryan, Ben Franklin’s Favorite Irish Pirate
Ben Franklin spent most of the American Revolution in Paris, negotiating an alliance with the French. But he had a side hustle:...
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2.4KThe Working Girls Vacation Society: Keeping the ‘Sin’ Out of ‘Single’
During the Gilded Age, hundreds of thousands of young women worked long hours for low pay in sweat shops and factories. Some...
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3.1KNew Haven’s Center Church Crypt, the Puritan City of the Dead
In the basement of an old Congregational church on New Haven Green lies a small city of the dead. One hundred thirty...
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