Salem, Massachusetts, is a city filled with curious attractions, but one of the most curious is “Pioneer Village: Salem in 1630.” Billed as “America’s First Living History Museum,” it was…Continue Reading →
Just north of Harvard Yard in Cambridge sits the Harvard Science Building. And just to its left, on its west side facing toward Cambridge Common, is the stump of a…Continue Reading →
“We wanted to believe a witch lived there,” Jim Stingl, a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, recalled not quite a month after the artist Mary Nohl died in 2001. He’d…Continue Reading →
Earlier this month, dozens of Mainers in the far northern reaches of the state created what they say is the largest ice carousel ever made. The feat—organized by Snowmobile Northern…Continue Reading →
Recent snows and rains and frosts have transformed the Cascade falls in Melrose into a dazzling ice palace. The 40-foot-tall formation is one of the closest waterfalls to Boston—and an…Continue Reading →