Science and Nature
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8.8K2The History of Indian Summer
Indian summer evolved over the centuries from a pioneer superstition to the poet’s best friend to the meteorologists’ whipping boy. It is...
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34.1K76 Tallest Trees in New England
Once New England had the greatest forests and the tallest trees in the world. They were a major attraction for English colonists...
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28.7K1The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846
One month after a tropical storm walloped Massachusetts, the Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 blew through New England, flattening factories, collapsing houses,...
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13.6K2The Fall River Skeleton in Armor
The Fall River skeleton discovered in 1832 in a sand bank near a church had an unusual feature: It was clad in...
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18.8K8The Highest Point in Each New England State
You might think the most challenging mountain climbing adventure in New England is to the highest point in the region: Mount Washington...
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10.6K2The 1965 Drought, New England’s Worst Ever
It will probably be several centuries before the Northeast United States again suffers anything like the 1965 drought. It was the driest...
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10.5K1The Sinking of the Andrea Doria Ends an Era
The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria wasn’t supposed to sink. After all, her designers had learned the lessons from the Titanic disaster. But on a...
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11.7K5How the Civil War Made the Wild Maine Blueberry Go National
The wild Maine blueberry was an underappreciated fruit for centuries until the Civil War put it on the national map. In fact,...
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6.1K3Henry David Thoreau Grows the First Giant Pumpkin in America
New England’s autumn fairs an festivals feature the oddest of contests: Who can grow the biggest giant pumpkin? The tradition of the...
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11.2K6The Spanish Sheep Craze That Forever Changed Vermont
In 1809, a man named William Jarvis sent a flock of Spanish sheep to America and altered the landscape and the economy...
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