The Boston Tea Party was just one of several colonial uprisings before the shot was heard ‘round the world on April 19,...
The poorhouse was once a very real and often feared part of life in New England. Poorhouses evolved from the English poor...
General stores had their heyday between 1820 and 1860, when income was rising and the population was growing. Like the Hope General...
Isaac Touro delivered a Hebrew Thanksgiving sermon on Nov. 28, 1765, praising King George III for protecting Newport’s Jews. His sermon took...
Once the most famous architect of his day, Ralph Adams Cram designed many churches, schools and libraries throughout New England. He also...
Trying to pick six historic apple orchards in New England may be a fool’s errand. As Maine apple expert John Bunker explains,...