In 1794, the Atlantic Ocean was a battleground, with the French and British at loggerheads. The British Navy, with the support of...
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
Before presidential libraries, there were presidential houses, and every New England state has at least one. Massachusetts, of course, was the birthplace...
Don Pedro, the handsome, ruthless Spanish pirate, apparently didn’t get the memo in 1832 that piracy was over in the Atlantic Ocean....
New England can claim 57 National Natural Landmarks of the 599 listed throughout the country. The six-state region has a wealth of ...