John Margolies in 1970 caused a stir, and not a good one, in highbrow architectural citcles. He did it by putting on...
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
In 1773, librarian Jared Bean published his Old Librarians Almanack in New Haven, Conn., following the traditional format of Poor Richard’s almanac....
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a small farm in Colchester, Conn., was a dream for many Jewish immigrants trying...
The Desert of Maine is a 40-acre swathe of land covered by glacial silt near Freeport. Scientists believe the silt, finer grained...
One day, while walking to art class in Boston, Robert McCloskey saw a family of ducks waddle from the Public Garden, quacking...