When Timothy Leary famously turned on, tuned in, and dropped out, he took a lot of people with him. One prominent name hovers tantalizingly close to the list: President John …

Whether you’re a Pawn Stars fan or Antiques Roadshow is more your speed, the story is the same. Money-hungry owner of a rare ‘authentic’ bit of American history has his …

The Know Nothing Party first manifested itself in Massachusetts in 1834 with the burning and pillaging of a convent in Charlestown. It happened well before the nativist movement reached its …

Few remember Anna Lowell Woodbury, the blueblood who spent her life tending to sick soldiers and teaching poor women — including poor African-American women — to support themselves. She never …

The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. Methodist Camp Meetings were key to the expansion of the Methodist church. Part retreat, …

Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A Fall River, Mass., mill girl, she was discovered …