Local history

Texas and Texans have been known to boast of having the best or the worst, the most or the least, the largest or the tiniest of just about everything.

Sometimes humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deeply sad and moving such are the biographies of fifteen Texas bad girls.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Hoosier State.

Texas and Texans have been known to boast of having the best or the worst, the most or the least, the largest or the tiniest of just about everything.

Sometimes humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deeply sad and moving such are the biographies of fifteen Texas bad girls.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Hoosier State.

Part of the Myths and Mysteriesseries, Myths and Mysteries ofPennsylvania explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries inPennsylvania's history.

Part of the Myths and Mysteriesseries, Myths and Mysteries ofPennsylvania explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries inPennsylvania's history.

A GUIDED TOUR OF BOSTON'S UNDERWORLD, REVEALING THE PLACES WHERE DEALS WERE MADE, PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND BODIES WERE BURIEDGangsters have played a shady role in shaping Greater Boston's history.

The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, mutiny, treason, and cannibalism was one of the most sensational stories of the early 18th century.

Among this countrys many treasures is the city of Chicago, an area filled with creativity and culture.

The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, mutiny, treason, and cannibalism was one of the most sensational stories of the early 18th century.

Among this countrys many treasures is the city of Chicago, an area filled with creativity and culture.

The New England landscape has long been battered by some of the most intense weather in the United States.

What better locale to consider for spooky happenings than the home of the Salem witch trials?

The New England landscape has long been battered by some of the most intense weather in the United States.

What better locale to consider for spooky happenings than the home of the Salem witch trials?

Few states can rival California in terms of natural beauty and exciting history.

Few states can rival California in terms of natural beauty and exciting history.

In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain personified the river as ';Sudden Death and General Desolation!

Jacqueline Bouvier came to Newport when her mother married Hugh Auchincloss in 1942.

New Yorkers have always been pressed for space in life and in death.

In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain personified the river as ';Sudden Death and General Desolation!

New Yorkers have always been pressed for space in life and in death.

Jacqueline Bouvier came to Newport when her mother married Hugh Auchincloss in 1942.

Does a murder psychically imprint itself on a blood-stained crime scene?

Southern plantations are an endless source of fascination.

Does a murder psychically imprint itself on a blood-stained crime scene?

The sea chest with four hundred pounds sterling cleverly hidden in a secret compartment rested abandoned on the quay as the square-rigger put out from England in a freshening breeze.

From sports to politics, food to finance, aviation to engineering, to bitter disputes over simple boundaries themselves, New England's feuds have peppered the region's life for centuries.

Southern plantations are an endless source of fascination.

New Englanders are always cursing.

New Englanders are always cursing.

The bone-chilling breeze off Lake Michigan carries unnerving whispers of days gone by.

The sea chest with four hundred pounds sterling cleverly hidden in a secret compartment rested abandoned on the quay as the square-rigger put out from England in a freshening breeze.

From sports to politics, food to finance, aviation to engineering, to bitter disputes over simple boundaries themselves, New England's feuds have peppered the region's life for centuries.

The bone-chilling breeze off Lake Michigan carries unnerving whispers of days gone by.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty-four creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Maryland.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty-four creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Maryland.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Boston was a booming candy town.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Boston was a booming candy town.

It Happened inMainetakes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from thePine TreeState's storied past.

It Happened inMainetakes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from thePine TreeState's storied past.

Contains over one hundred descriptions of the Battle of the Alamo by people who were witnesses or who claimed to have witnessed the event.

In April 1846, tensions between the U.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty-eight creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Pennsylvania.

What better locale to consider for spooky happenings than the home of the Salem witch trials?

Contains over one hundred descriptions of the Battle of the Alamo by people who were witnesses or who claimed to have witnessed the event.

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Tar Heel State, It Happened in North Carolina describes everything from one of the first incidences of American resistance against British rule to acourageousmilestone in thecivil rights movement.

Connecticut's War Governor is a biography of Jonathan Trumbull, who was governor from 1769 to 1784.