A historic observatory in New England could be a stone remnant on the Canadian border, a mountaintop clubhouse or a state-of-the-art, NASA-funded...
In 1675, William Scant of Braintree, Mass., came before the court for breaking a law called the Old Deluder Satan Act: He had...
James Otis made taxation without representation a cause of the American Revolution, but when war broke out he had pretty much disappeared...
Covered bridges have been around since the late 18th century in the United States. Uncovered bridges had short lifespans of about 15...
Identifying the largest historic districts in New England was no easy task because, let’s face it, we’re dripping with history. You can...
Everyone knows that stone walls cover the New England landscape like honeycombs. But far fewer people know about the region’s hundreds of...