Asher Benjamin, a young country housewright, published a book in 1797 that is responsible for the way much of early New England...
In 1947, New England’s first shopping mall broke ground in Stamford, Conn. No one knew for sure whether it would even survive....
George Washington famously feared premature burial. While on his deathbed in 1799, he instructed his personal secretary Tobias Lear to make sure...
If you’re looking for a haunted murder scene, New England has plenty of them. The region is awash in old taverns where...
Lovers leaps are nearly always found in isolated spots where a fall could kill you. They tend to inspire tales of romantic...
The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie’s daughter Silence had married William Hayden in...