Dozens of Little Canadas have contributed a significant but often ignored part of the character and history of New England since the...
The much-loved American artist Maurice Prendergast once wrote in his notebook, Art is the great stimulus of life -I find it year...
In their rigid enforcement of community standards, New England’s Puritan punishments often often included the bilbo, the cleft stick, the brand, the ear...
On Feb. 6, 1821, young Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and the four-man crew aboard the Hero were becalmed in uncharted waters off Antarctica,...
Terrific lightning storms unsettled New England colonists during the summer of 1768, when rising tensions with Great Britain led to conflict and...
The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was one of the last great urban fires of the era. It followed the Portland, Maine,...