Is Blackbeard’s Skull at the Peabody Essex Museum?
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, has an artifact in its collection that is rumored to be the skull of the notorious pirate Blackbeard. The museum obtained the skull… Read more »
History of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts
The Peabody Essex Museum is an art museum in Salem, Massachusetts. It houses the nation’s largest collection of Asian art. The museum began as the Essex India Marine Society in… Read more »
Roger W. Babson
Roger Babson was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Born on July 6, 1875, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Babson and Ellen Stearns, Roger was the 10th… Read more »
Babson Boulders in Gloucester, Massachusetts
The Babson Boulders are a 6.5-mile-long trail of over 30 granite boulders in Dogtown, which is a ghost town in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The boulders are glacial erratics, which are rocks… Read more »
The Tewksbury State Hospital Poison Mystery
On October 27, 1903, 11 patients at the Tewksbury State Hospital were poisoned when they drank water that had been mixed with poison. One of the patients died the following… Read more »