Marblehead, Massachusetts, may be quiet now, but 250 years ago this sleepy town along the North Shore helped make history.

Marblehead, Massachusetts, may be quiet now, but 250 years ago this sleepy town along the North Shore helped make history.

John Sassamon was involved in the lead-up to King Philip's War. Why did a Mass. town unanimously reject a statue in his honor ...

CONCORD — Wars most notably occur on battlefields, but they occur in many other places, too, places where no fighting goes on ...

Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.

The Heart of Dixie Although Alabama doesn’t have an official nickname, the nickname that’s most commonly used is “Heart of Dixie,” according to the Alabama state archives. Others include the Cotton ...

In 1635, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident.

Walden became the foundational text for the aesthetic strand of the American environmental movement. Its emphasis on nature’s ...

Given that the town meeting took place the day before Halloween, at least one of the suggested names thrown into the mix was “Pumpkinville.” Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you feel about ...

Brooksville, Fla. — Chinsegut Hill in Hernando County holds the key to more than a century of women’s history. “The more you understand Chinsegut, the more you understand Hernando County,” said former ...

Long before highways, refineries, and shrimp boats defined the Texas coast, the land we now call Matagorda County held ...

The Castle Hill area offers mansion tours and gorgeous gardens. Ipswich clams are famous worldwide – they’re the sweet, tender ones that make the best fried clams. Local restaurants serve them up ...