French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
In 1803, one of the first New England canals made Boston the undisputed commercial center of New England. Called ‘the Incredible Ditch,’...
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
Summer theater has been a feature of New England resort towns since a Maine entrepreneur started staging plays in a former skating...
Babe Ruth once got drunk while in Sudbury, Mass., and threw a piano into Willis Pond to show off his strength. That,...