Rickover Reacts to USS Thresher Tragedy in 1963
Controversial admiral visits Portsmouth after 129 perish in nuclear submarine
John Elwyn: Portsmouth’s Eccentric Scholar
What to do with your life when you don't have to do anything
Remembering “Aunt Rozzie” Thaxter
Celia Thaxter's granddaughter enjoyed a life of privilege, travel, friends, and philanthropy.
Portsmouth versus Portsmouth
A city can be its own worst enemy and its own best freind
Getting Prince Whipple Right
He is every African-American who continues to fight in the battle for equality that rages on and on with no end in sight.
A Scrapbook of Lost Children
Unnamed, unclaimed, and all grown up, their photos haunt online auctions
Hamilton Smith, We Hardly Knew Ye
Turns out he's a real person, not just a building at UNH
History Detectives Solve Photo Mystery
Amid a pandemic, trapped indoors, a virtual team of historians tracks a one-of-a-kind theater cast image found on eBay
The Mysterious Old Statehouse Balcony
Did George Washington once stand on this old balcony? Probably note.
Portsmouth Brothel Owners Go for a Ride
A unique image of the city's early sex traffickers posing in a Victorian photo studio.
Placenames of Portsmouth
Who knew there was a history of every street in Portsmouth?
A Fashionable Unhappy Kid, circa 1887
Victorian boy would rather wear breeches