During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
Constance Baker Motley encountered overt racism for the first time when she left her home in New Haven to attend Fisk College...
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
The New Hampshire accent started with the English colonists who first arrived in North America. They brought with them speech patterns from...
Towns and cities across America are dotted with WPA-era murals. Many of them pay tribute to the working classes of America. But...
May is a wonderful month to visit New England places of historic interest. The dreary rain of April is behind us and...