history

Massachusetts certainly has some of the richest history of any state in the U.S. There's lots of things in the Bay State that even pre-date America's birthday on July 4th, 1776. Of course, some big parts of America's history also took place within the confines of some of the most historic forts in the U.S. Some of those have been made into national, state, and local parks. Others serve as historic monuments and landmarks throughout the country, which often make for great tourist attractions as well. It seems that two of these historic forts that are just as old as America are here in Massachusetts.

Thanks to the National Centers for Environmental Information, we now know about the most extreme temperatures in the history of our New England states.

Massachusetts has several very, very old towns. Like, crazy old! That being said, America celebrated its 247th birthday during this past year. But did you know that a town in Massachusetts is so much older than that? Like, more than a century older. It's more than 150 years older than America.

New Bedford's nine-bedroom, 19th-century Joseph Arthur Beauvais House is for sale for $1.2 million. It's $100,000 more than it was in 2021 but there are upgrades.

Here in Massachusetts, more than 130 cities including Arlington, Amherst, Cambridge, Brookline, Marblehead, Great Barrington, Northampton, Provincetown, Somerville, and Salem also celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

The New Bedford Whaling museum was one of the first field trips I ever went on in grade school so I'm excited to hear they are expanding.

A SouthCoast woman was taking a walk through Westport this week when she stumbled across an irreplaceable piece of history.

Trying to find things to do is getting harder as summer winds down but the Pirates and Privateers presentation is still going on in Fairhaven.

Senior citizens at an assisted living facility in Fairhaven had a little fun reenacting Prohibition.

For National Lighthouse Day, let’s take a trip down the coast and shine a beacon on 15 of the coolest lighthouses in the area.