As the summer heat begins to fade, Massachusetts prepares to embrace one of its most cherished seasons—fall. The crisp air, golden sunlight, and the...
In 1893, in a brick shop on Taylor Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, Charles and Frank Duryea created the first successful gasoline-powered automobile in America....
Among Massachusetts’s most notorious legacies is the “gerrymander,” which refers to intentionally manipulating electoral districts for political advantage. A controversy arose from state legislation...
Think environmental disasters are all fire, wind, and water? Think again. In 1919, a massive wave of molasses surged through the streets of Boston’s...