How Maine Killed the Death Penalty
Wavering at first, Mainers ended capital punishment in 1887
Portsmouth’s Forgotten Textile Business
A brief high-tech investment in the stocking market
Our Two-party System was Forged in Even Angrier Times
1795 obelisk is a reminder of divisive politics after the Revolution
The Hexploitation of Goody Cole
What did she do to earn 300 years of disrespect?
Presidents on Milk Bottle Tops
The milkman helped us memorize the presidents
The Rise and Fall of Sparhawk Hall
A surviving colonial cabinet tells tales of a lost Seacoast mansion
The “Kittery Kid” Rides Again
Add Fred Pray to the genre of seacoast Bad boys Tom Bailey, Plupy Shute, and Ike Partington
Redefining Vampires in New England
Did our ancestors consume corpses to cure disease? An interview with folklorist Michael E. Bell.
Celia Thaxter’s Poem about a Norwegian Murder Victim
What can we learn from Celia Thaxter’s Norwegian poems?
The Truth About Ocean Born Mary
Another great pirate legend spoiled by the equally fascinating facts
The History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in a Bottle
From sails to atoms is Portsmouth Shipyard motto