For over 200 years Connecticut has had a somewhat unique type of local government – a borough, of which nine currently survive....
The clerestory window makes a lot of sense in New England because of the short, short days during the long, long winter....
The Tariffville disaster, a train wreck near Hartford, prompted the first-ever emergency telephone call when a doctor summoned help from a local...
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
In 1728, Royal Governor William Dummer arrived in Massachusetts with nine ‘goffe clubs,’ but it would be another 150 years before golf...
In 1914, all the the world, including her hometown of Farmington, Maine, strained its ears for any word that the voice of...