Charles Dickens didn’t think much of American slavery on his first visit in 1842. But he loved Boston enough to return after...
Sometime around 1630, John Endecott planted a pear tree with the hope it would live for generations. He got his wish with...
The legendary Cold Friday of 1810 brought such terrible winds and frigid temperature that people talked and wrote about it for generations....
In 1791, two Salem ministers let an 18-year-old apprentice named Nathaniel Bowditch use the private library to which they belonged. Maritime navigation...
Heiress Elizabeth Derby West caused a sensation in 1806 when she paraded a series of prostitutes through a Salem, Mass., courtroom to...
On Oct. 9, 1804, a snow hurricane struck Eastern New England, the first time in recorded history a tropical storm produced snowfall....