R. H. Macy took a long and winding path to becoming the merchant prince of New York City. Early in his journey,...
The oldest public high schools in the United States all stand in New England, probably because the Puritans believed in educating children...
Indian summer evolved over the centuries from a pioneer superstition to the poet’s best friend to the meteorologists’ whipping boy. It is...
You might think the most challenging mountain climbing adventure in New England is to the highest point in the region: Mount Washington...
For the 50 years after 1799, Tabitha Tenney of Exeter was the best-selling novelist in the country, though she wasn’t necessarily proud...
The beautiful Ethel Reed blazed like a meteor across Boston’s artistic firmament in the 1890s, but after a broken engagement she all...