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...
Hey! Have you heard about the new influencer at Woodcrest University? Yes, you read that right! There’s an up-and-coming content creator on campus with...
Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts, remains one of America’s most inscrutable literary figures. Although Poe is renowned for his mastery of gothic...
Few inventions have impacted human communication as profoundly as the telephone. While inventors worldwide contributed to its development, Massachusetts played a crucial role in...
As Woodcrest students walk through the quad with coffee and textbooks, they may not know that American independence began with a turbulent series of...