An important facet of queer history in the U.S. partly originated in Boston. The post What is a ‘Boston marriage’? appeared ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston. A Boston city archaeologist said it appeared the vessel was carrying lime, which was used for masonry at the time.

But one Boston woman managed to perform exactly the ... having attached the pedometer to a piston rod. These 19th-century hacks presage a 21st-century example: In response to insurance companies ...