Melvil Dewey had an obsession with the number 10. He slept 10 hours, wrote 10-page letters and created the Dewey Decimal System...
Some people believe that the Rough Riders were almost all cowboys from out West. After all, it had earned the nickname “The...
The United States came close to losing two presidents within a year after a Pittsfield streetcar driver nearly killed President Theodore Roosevelt....
The family-owned motel that flowered along New England’s roads after World War II has grown increasingly scarce. Today, there are one quarter...
Chickering & Sons Piano Company was always a two-person operation. It needed a technical expert to make the most advanced pianos of...
Imagine the White House today with a sunken living room, Danish modern furniture and plywood paneling. The historic old building might have...