Nathaniel Hawthorne: 10-Days at the Isles of Shoals in 1852
Arguably, the most compelling word-picture of life at the Shoals as tourism challenged two centuries of fishing culture
An Introduction to Hawthorne on the Isles of Shoals
Craig Brown paves the way for the must-read 1852 journals of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sally Wood was First Maine Novelist
Did Dan Brown borrow her Illuminati novel idea?
Two Monuments Honor the Man Who Named New England
Dueling John Smith Monuments on Star Island and Rye Harbor in 2014
The Unexpected Portsmouth Art Gallery
No admission, open year-round, and the art is all around you
Miss Nancy Underhill Swept Off Star Island in 1848?
Suicide, accident, or a massive rogue wave? Write your own ending.
Kittery’s Little Red Schoolhouse on Life Support
Move it, sell it, restore it, or lose it.
Saving the Old State Street Store
Historian Karen Bouffard restores the wooden Drown family store in 2025
Which Bartlett is Bartlett Street?
Research is all about WHO you know and WhAT they know
“Weight of Water” Film Bombed, But is Still Worth Watching
The 1873 Smuttynose murders were too complex for the novel or film
With Apologies to Kittery
Much of the history Portsmouth, NH claims really belongs to Maine
William Dean Howells Loved Kittery Point
"What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending."--WDH