Science and Nature
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4.2K3The 1799 Tornado in Newbury – Panic and Renewal
It was a still September night, about 1799; some Newbury residents were dancing at a late party, others were sleeping soundly and...
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5.0K7Henry David Thoreau Studies Climate Change (Without Realizing It)
Henry David Thoreau studied climate change unintentionally when he recorded in his journal the exact dates that plants, shrubs and trees blossomed...
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5.3K3Arthur Walden and a Dog’s Life of Adventure
In 1922, Arthur Walden checked into a New Hampshire hotel in Colebrook with Chinook, his dog, at his side. He informed the...
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18.3K10The 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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16.6K7The 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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15.0K15Colonial 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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