When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
There has never been an official Massachusetts poet laureate, but there certainly was an unofficial one. Jonathan Plummer of Newburyport, while not...
In the time before Amazon, downtown department stores used to provide a special shopping experience. People dressed up when they went to...
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
Sometime around 1630, John Endecott planted a pear tree with the hope it would live for generations. He got his wish with...
A cold April was a prelude to the 1762 drought, one of the worst in the history of New England. It hit...