Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
The Ancient Burying Ground, the oldest historic site in Hartford, contains the remains of 6,000 men, women and children who settled the...
The Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass., commemorates one of the greatest China traders of his age, Theodore Lyman. Few other memorials, written...
The oldest public high schools in the United States all stand in New England, probably because the Puritans believed in educating children...
When Gen. George Washington needed men, food, cannon or gunpowder for his army, he could usually get it at the Trumbull store...
In the beginning years of the 20th century, the tiny village of Wells River, Vt., was invaded annually by hordes of fat...