Science and Nature
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16.4K10The Stolen Library That Launched America’s 1st Math Genius, Nathaniel Bowditch
In 1791, two Salem ministers let an 18-year-old apprentice named Nathaniel Bowditch use the private library to which they belonged. Maritime navigation...
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15.0K7The Purple Fire Snowstorm of 1853 – 20 Minutes of Terror Downeast
A snowstorm raged for a full day in Downeast Maine on March 13, 1853, when at sundown the winds suddenly grew calm....
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13.7K13Colonial Outhouses, or George Washington (Probably) Sat Here
Colonial potty humor has pretty much disappeared, and so have colonial outhouses – but a Connecticut museum is bringing them back. The...
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15.2K12How Victory Gardens Helped Win World War II
Victory gardens helped win World War II because they allowed the U.S. government to divert scarce tin supplies for military use. They...
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19.3K18The 1730 and 1774 Marblehead Riots Against Smallpox Inoculation
In 1730, the fishing village of Marblehead, Mass., did everything it could to ward off the dread and loathsome smallpox disease then...
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4.7K12The Rev. William Bentley, on the Alert for Salem Fires in January
At the turn of the 19th century, the Rev. William Bentley was constantly on the alert for Salem fires. Unlike many townspeople...
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