Robert Todd Lincoln burned most of his papers and correspondence before he died. Most, but not all. He saved a collection of...
Lovers leaps are nearly always found in isolated spots where a fall could kill you. They tend to inspire tales of romantic...
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
In 1821, Revoltionary War Captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
Today we’d call it torture, but when the British tortured Ethan Allen in prison they called it ‘harsh treatment.’ On Sept. 25,...