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The Elmora Theatre opened on February 15, 1927 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was called “The Theatre Beautiful” in early advertisements and was primarily a…

Originally planned to be built in Waltham, The Oriental Theatre opened on October 24, 1930 in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was designed…

St. Alphonsus Hall opened on February 19, 1900 and is in the Mission Hill neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after Alphonsus Maria de…

In 1911, Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald began plans for a free zoo in Franklin Park. The Franklin Park Zoo opened to the public in late…

The George Robert White Schoolboy Stadium, known as White Stadium, is in the Playstead section of Franklin Park in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in…

The final leg in our gas station road trip was the Raceway in South Brunswick! While it wasn’t the stand-out of our trip, it did…

Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar is an historic diner in the Somerville area of Massachusetts, although while the exterior remains mostly the same as when…

Global warming in Northern Maine cuts both ways.  Winters there can be brutal, so warmer is good, but care for the land is sacred because…

Forty years ago, downtown Jacksonville was losing its vitality.  In 1960, a race riot in Hemming Park (now James Weldon Johnson Park) defined a time…

Enjoy a taste of true Maine living when you attend this beautiful Washington County Fair in Pembroke, Maine. Small but mighty, this fair has all…