Richard Henry Dana Visits the Isles of Shoals in 1843
A rare early encounter with a grumpy Thomas Laighton and young Celia Thaxter
A Quick History of Gulls on the Shoals
Did you know they recognize human faces?
William Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals
Depressed or too infirm to save himself?
Famous Appledore Guests Named Bull and Booth
Victorian superstars hang out at Celia Thaxter's island salon
Rethinking the Miss Underhill Legend
Rogue wave or a despondent lover?
Seeking the Smuttynose Shipwrecked Spanish Sailors
14 bodies, silver bars, and a shipwreck? So far, no evidence.
Prudy Randall Banding Birds
Rare photo captures a famed Shoaler in 1930s
Giant Hooks for Giant Cod
A reminder from the Isles of Shoals that New England was founded by fishers and their investors
The isles of Shoals
The classic Shoals history by a true Victorian scholar
Celia Thaxter Worshipped Nature
Her real church was her garden and the natural world
Gullzilla: Attack of the Killer Seagull
For one brief shining moment, I was king of the island.
A Few Quick Shark Tales
The demon of the deep has been kind to the NH seacaost