Hidden Rooms, Open Hearts
The secret sanctuary behind a smoky curtain
Sam Allen Bought New Hampshire
For a quarter million dollars, he owned it all, or thought he did
What About Seacoast Indigenous Peoples?
We're trying, but 12,000 years of Native history is still often ignored or stereotyped
What Lies Beneath “New Portsmouth”?
A controversial North End hotel dig yields ground-breaking colonial history
A Snowstorm Frozen in Time
Compacting, not removing snow, using heavy logs dragged by oxen
Why Writers Starve
The official introduction to the guidebook I never get around to writing
City History Sold Off to Museums
Portsmouth houses torn down, interiors sold to museums
Frozen Facts, Fake or Real?
ICE BREAKING NEWS: February 11, 1918
When Noah’s Ark Stood on Daniel Street
Before the controversial Brick Market, there wa The Ark on Daniel Street
Historic Music Hall Opens in 1878
Three plays marked the launch of the historic Portsmouth NH theater