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In 1941, baseball looked a little different. Ted Williams was working on passing the .400 mark. The St. Louis baseball team was called the Browns. And […]

Anna Slesers was a seamstress. She was a mother. She was supposed to be at a church memorial service. But Anna Slesers became a victim. […]

Calvin Coolidge is remembered for being quiet. He liked business. He liked tax cuts. He liked to take naps. He also, for one summer at […]

Carroll Hardy may not be a household name, but he sure did pinch hit for a few of them. The journeyman outfielder made a habit […]

If Congress today seems rife with friction, factions, fire, and fury, it’s nothing compared to the chambers’ disposition leading up to the Civil War. Abolitionist […]

Massachusetts knows a thing or two about school. Sure, this time of year “Pomp and Circumstance” may play around Boston more often than whatever bop […]

He was still a quarter-century away from his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; over a decade ahead of his first Grammy; […]

Twenty-seven up, 27 down. No hits. No walks. Not a single runner on base. Perfection. Cy Young, the legendary hurler for whom Major League Baseball’s top […]

In 1823, Josiah Quincy didn’t like his view. Faneuil Hall, built in 1742, was beset with chaos, and the then-mayor was disenchanted with the site from his perch. […]

The British were coming, but unlike what Schoolhouse Rock would have you believe, Paul Revere probably didn’t scream about it from atop his horse. Alerting the townsfolk […]

Worcester native Abbie Hoffman was a legend. The prolific activist and counterculture icon pioneered the Yippie movement of the 1960s and made national headlines for […]

Ah, Fenway: the country’s oldest ballpark and a true field of dreams. The park opened on April 20, 1912, and has been home to Red […]

Getting political traction and starting a revolution is no small task—especially if you’re a woman in the 19th century. But Dorothea Dix was one of […]

True crime is dramatized in every corner of the entertainment world. From Serial and Law and Order to Making a Murderer and American Crime Story, there is no shortage […]

Ah, Maine, that beautiful enigma. It’s got stunning vacation homes, the “prestigious” marker of being the first official dry state, and the honor of hosting the iconic Oxford comma […]