Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that...
Though he wasn’t even a doctor, John Winthrop Jr. diagnosed and medicated hundreds of New Englanders in the latter part of the...
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
Historic boats are as much a part of New England as Revolutionary battlefields and old taverns. The region has a fascinating maritime...
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
Some of New England’s most distinguished statesmen and jurists kept a part of their past quiet later in their careers. They had...