Crime & Scandal
During World War I and World War II, army and navy fortifications and artillery pieces surrounded Narragansett Bay. But no shots were ever fired in …
Arts & Leisure
The penny loafer may epitomize preppy New England style — after all, John F. Kennedy wore penny loafers on the golf course. And John Cheever, …
Politics & Military
In the spring of 1781, an American and a Frenchman huddled over a set of maps inside a simple clapboard house. Through translators, the two …
Business & Labor
Thomas Plant did everything larger than life when it came to baseball, his shoe manufacturing empire and his castle. Little evidence remains of his triumphs …
Religion & Social Movements
The fourth Thursday in November celebrates a group of immigrants called the Pilgrims. Their story has been told and retold with many errors of omission …
Science & Nature
In the fall of 1883, people in Salem, Mass., might have noticed a young Asian man dressed in Western clothing walking about the city. The …
