When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
Rufus Porter left his mark on early New England homes with stencils on their walls and Scientific American on the coffee table....
The best food historians can say is that turkey was probably served on Thanksgiving tables since the beginning. Since then, it’s been...
Identifying New England’s oldest libraries is no easy task. In the early days of European settlement, book collections took many different forms....
Sometime around 1630, John Endecott planted a pear tree with the hope it would live for generations. He got his wish with...
The 1762 drought, one of the worst in New England history, stretched all the way to Virginia. It even prompted complaints from...