When a white-robed figure strode down Commercial Street in Bath, Maine, in 1854 with a battered brass horn and calling himself the Angel Gabriel, the locals didn’t yet know that …

It’s not very often that a man of God has an appointment with the hangman. In 1692, the Rev. George Burroughs had just such an appointment, but then again, since …

It started for Charles Eastman before he graduated from college. “A Dartmouth Sioux Indian sophomore’s native name is Wiychpeyatamicasta, but he passes as Charles A. Eastman” read an 1885 short …

Ruth Fish Jenkins defied New England’s mid-19th-century conventions when she went to sea with her husband. Women were supposed to stay at home, take care of the children and set …

The Hopedale Community (1841-1856) in Massachusetts attempted to integrate Christian Socialism with private enterprise in its attempt to live in a utopian society.  Its failure occurred when utopian ideals fell …

The Old Ship Church in Hingham, Mass., is the oldest continuous Puritan meetinghouse/church in the United States, dating from 1681. Hingham, located about 17 miles southeast of Boston, lies on …