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Colonial America

New York, New York

Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Early tavern signs at the Connecticut Historical Society.

Hartford, Connecticut

Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The Cave-Dwelling Hermitess of Colonial America

A graphic history of Sarah Bishop's unusual life near the Connecticut-New York border.

Jamison Odone December 27, 2016

Graves in the Standish Burial Ground

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Myles Standish Burial Ground

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

The Odd Hybrid Businesses That Defined the Early American Service Sector

Multi-tasking establishments were once the norm in America. What happened to them?

Daniel Levinson Wilk September 2, 2016

places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Colony on Cuttyhunk

This 1602 colonizing mission to New England was ridiculed for only lasting three weeks.

Lucas Adams August 25, 2016

A page from the 1602 copybook, A Work Containing Divers Sorts of Hands.

The Hidden Messages of Colonial Handwriting

Back then, penmanship was basically secret code.

Cara Giaimo May 6, 2016

Ruins of Rosewell Plantation

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia

The Rosewell Plantation Ruins

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

One of the grander uses of a pineapple motif, at Dunmore House in Scotland.

The Hidden History of the Housewarming Pineapple

Cale Weissman November 14, 2022

Catoctin Furnace

Thurmont, Maryland

Catoctin Furnace

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Dedham, Massachusetts

Fairbanks House

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Exploring America's Largest Collection of Early Tavern Signs

Luke Spencer April 22, 2015