The Wreck of the HMS Culloden: How a 74-Gun British Warship Met Its End on the Rocks of Montauk
Two o’clock in the morning. January 23, 1781. A nor’easter is tearing through Block Island…
When Folklore Meets LIDAR: The Science of Legendary Walls and the Prehistoric Origins of Sunken Cities
Nine meters beneath the cold, fast-moving waters off Brittany’s western tip, a retired geologist named…
The Setauket Slave Cemetery: Why Most North Shore Towns Won’t Acknowledge the Graveyards They Built Subdivisions Over
There are at least fourteen documented burial grounds for enslaved people on the North Shore….
The Ice Harvest That Fed New York: How Long Island’s Frozen Ponds Became the City’s Refrigerator
Before mechanical refrigeration, New York City ran on ice cut from Long Island’s ponds. Peter traces the forgotten industry — and the corporate trust that killed it.
The Stony Brook Gristmill Murder of 1871: When Industrial Sabotage Turned Deadly on the North Shore
Every mill town on Long Island had its rhythm. Grain arrived by schooner and ox…
