Wayne Soini holds an artist's rendition of the Gloucester Sea Serpent. Over two centuries ago, hundreds of people reported seeing a sea serpent in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Those ...

Over two centuries ago, a sea serpent showed up in Gloucester Harbor, swimming and playing and splashing in full view of the townsfolk. It’s one of the most well-documented sea serpent sightings in ...

GLOUCESTER — One of Cape Ann’s earliest urban legends is getting memorialized by nationally known Essex artist Chris Williams. Cape Ann Museum will unveil a 9-foot-tall sculpture of the legendary ...

Fourteen years ago, HSOY published an article in the Register about Cape sea monsters. Since then, having newspapers online and able to be digitally searched has revealed far more sightings than ...

To engage and involve more children and families at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester-born artist Michael Grimaldi has created a family-friendly guide, Cassie the Sea Serpent, for a series of programs, ...

GLOUCESTER — A little house sits on the shore of America’s oldest fishing port with one mission in mind: to bring history to life for those who live there. The Cape Ann Museum, in downtown Gloucester, ...

Why the transatlantic telegraph cable conjured dreams of sea monsters. Hayley Brazier In summer 2022, I was performing research in the archives of the National Museum of American History when I read ...