What does it take to be Number 1 of the estimated 17,000 bed-and-breakfast spots in the United States? We asked one of the innkeepers at Candleberry Inn since Tripadvisor users have voted the Brewster ...

The old sea captain is a man in love. Bill Pinkney strides down the dock, grabbing the newly arrived crew one by one in a massive bear hug. His eyes come back to the Freedom Schooner Amistad, its ...

The name “Old Glory” was first applied to the U.S. flag by a young sea captain who lived in Salem, Mass. On his birthday, March 17, 1824, Capt. William Driver was presented a beautiful flag by his ...

On June 19, 1864, the Union sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge laid in wait outside the French port of Cherbourg for the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama. The Confederate warship had wreaked havoc on ...