The Fall River skeleton discovered in 1832 in a sand bank near a church had an unusual feature: It was clad in...
John Allen Heany managed to fool some of the people with his tungsten light bulb, but he couldn’t fool General Electric. In...
In 1954, University of New Hampshire president Robert Chandler had a problem faculty member, Professor Kenneth Yates. He was “undoubtedly a brilliant...
New England’s autumn fairs an festivals feature the oddest of contests: Who can grow the biggest giant pumpkin? The tradition of the...
The Rev. Henry Wight is the unlikely inventor of today’s raucous Independence Day celebrations and the famous Bristol Fourth of July parade....
Like so many New England sports traditions, the Boston Marathon is surrounded by lore and legend. What Bostonian doesn’t know about Heartbreak...