Though people usually think of the quintessential New England house as a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a...
In 1876, a British dandy whose real name was Adam Worth stole Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, from Junius Morgan, who planned...
Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
New England living standards were higher than anyplace else in the world during much of the 17th and 18th centuries. By 1700,...
What better way to take in New England’s fall foliage than a historic train ride? There’s no danger of running off the...
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...