They enjoyed sex. They also liked to play games, like an early version of shuffleboard. Let's put it this way, they weren't ascetics, like monks." Dissatisfied with the Church of England, Puritans ...

But Americans have made the genre their own, and despite the universal, border-crossing fears of death, pain, and decay that ...

Massachusetts Historical Society Winthrop’s incredible tales of aerial phenomena in early America, long unknown ... the Arbella with an expedition of Puritans to establish the Massachusetts ...

Thanksgiving is often linked to the 1612 harvest feast held by the Puritans in Plymouth, Massachusetts, but many criticize ...

The first known UFO encounter in America was recorded in 1639 by pious Puritan and prolific journal-keeper John Winthrop. He is a foundational figure in the national pantheon and leader of the ...

The pursuit of becoming the city on a hill lighting the way for the Old World captured the imagination, will, and purpose of ...

Winthrop’s incredible tales of aerial phenomena in early America, long unknown ... of 1630 aboard the Arbella with an expedition of Puritans to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony, about ...

Native American Dollar coins, with their unique designs rooted in history, provide a fascinating journey through the culture ...

But did you know the state's oldest college is older than the country itself? Yale University, Connecticut's Ivy League ...

John Adams was a writer, a thinker, a politician and a philosopher. His contemporaries – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, ...

Election day is less than three weeks away and states across the United States have already started in-person early voting. The first state in the country to begin voting was Alabama, which sent ...

The Puritan Backroom grew out of an ice cream and candy company.Credit...Kieran Kesner for The New York Times Like many stories about dishes that became touchstones of American cooking ...