BOSTON (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration has launched the Massachusetts Veterans Legacy Trail, a comprehensive project cataloging over 1,200 war memorials across the state. This initiative, ...

The oldest lighthouse in Massachusetts is over 300 years old. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which lead ...

When looking to visit a historic site, to say you're spoiled for choice in Massachusetts is an understatement. Overwhelmed would be a better word. Inundated, would be another. With over 400 years ...

As one of the 13 original colonies, Massachusetts is filled with rich history. Massachusetts officially became a state in 1788, but its foundations and revolutionary history extend back much further.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday approved a plan for partisan changes to electoral maps in Texas, the latest chapter in a long history of gerrymandering that links back to Massachusetts more than ...

Over the past 47 years at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Peter Drummey has witnessed a historical arc of his own — from seeing the research room’s first portable computer to curating a tour for ...

Every bite of a chocolate chip cookie carries a piece of Massachusetts history. Back in 1938, something magical happened at a cozy inn in Whitman that changed American desserts forever. Ruth Graves ...