history

Nearly 200 years ago seeing an elephant in real life was practically unheard of in North America. One of the first brought here met a tragic end in Rhode Island.

There are 50 states in America and each one has its own unique name with its own unique meaning. Hve you ever wondered where the Commonwealth got its official name? You may have lived in Massachusetts all your life and never really known the story behind its name. Tho...

Forget owning a tropical island. How about purchasing a historic island that once belonged to Roger Williams himself? An 8-acre island in Rhode Island's North Wickford Cove is on the market for $899,900 and the buyer will own a piece of Ocean State history...

Thanks to the National Centers for Environmental Information, we now know about the most extreme temperatures in the history of our New England states.

Massachusetts has several very, very old towns. Like, crazy old! That being said, America celebrated its 247th birthday during this past year. But did you know that a town in Massachusetts is so much older than that? Like, more than a century older. It's more than 150 years older than America.

New Bedford's nine-bedroom, 19th-century Joseph Arthur Beauvais House is for sale for $1.2 million. It's $100,000 more than it was in 2021 but there are upgrades.

Here in Massachusetts, more than 130 cities including Arlington, Amherst, Cambridge, Brookline, Marblehead, Great Barrington, Northampton, Provincetown, Somerville, and Salem also celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

The New Bedford Whaling museum was one of the first field trips I ever went on in grade school so I'm excited to hear they are expanding.

A SouthCoast woman was taking a walk through Westport this week when she stumbled across an irreplaceable piece of history.

The structure was built in 1888 to protect sailors along a dangerous section of the coast.