The Wreck of the Lexington: The 1840 Steamship Fire That Changed American Maritime Law Forever
Frozen solid from bow to stern, the East River barely moved on the afternoon of…
Eel Spearing and Smoked Eel: A Lost Winter Survival Food of the Peconic Estuary
Cold water has a way of clarifying things. Strip away the noise of summer —…
The Raid on Fort St. George: How Eighty Men, Eight Whaleboats, and One Audacious Commander Changed the War on Long Island
Eight whaleboats pushed off from the Connecticut shore at roughly four in the morning on…
The Miller Place Academy: Where the North Shore Came to Learn — and Still Remembers
Long before the North Shore of Long Island became the province of commuters and strip…
The Vaudeville Summer Colony of St. James: How Stage and Screen Legends Transformed a Quiet North Shore Village Into a High-Society Retreat
Before the Hamptons became a cultural shorthand for Long Island wealth and celebrity, before the…
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…
