Robert Schuyler was one of the most respected men of his era, the last person likely to pull off one of the...
The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie’s daughter Silence had married William Hayden in...
Charles Ponzi in his office. Photo courtesy Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.Charles Ponzi sent Bostonians into such a frenzy over his...
Charles Lewis Tiffany, the founder of the world-famous Tiffany & Co., came by his trade as a young man in Connecticut. Born...
There is, in fact, gold in seawater. And that is the kernel of truth upon which two Martha’s Vineyard men would build...