The commerce of slavery was deeply integrated into the Massachusetts economy in the 18th century. Many white colonists, including Colonel John Ashley, who owned Ashley House and the surrounding fields in the 1700s, used enslaved laborers.

Discover how Elizabeth Freeman, known as Mum Bett, became the first enslaved African American woman to win her freedom in court and helped end slavery in Massachusetts.

This newly discovered 17th‑century valuables cabinet stands as a monument to early Colonial American artistry.

After decades hidden in a North Adams attic, a long-lost Jewish mural has been rediscovered, restored, and given new life at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts — preserving a vivid piece of immigrant and artistic history.

Discover Harvard University, founded in 1636, the oldest U.S. university with a rich history, world-class research, and global influence in education.

Step inside the past with the 5 oldest houses in the U.S.—centuries-old homes that still stand, telling stories from before America was even a country.

Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports.

Boston celebrates its legacy through its museums, monuments, and plaques, unlike any other American city. But although revered and honored, Boston's early settlers upheld practices that were anything but admirable by today’s standards. Here are four stori...

Today it’s the most popular cookie in America, but the original Toll House Cookies, the first chocolate chip cookies, were invented right here in New England by Ruth Wakefield at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, during the 1930s. Here’s the o...

Museums are believed to house art's best masterpieces thoughtfully composed by the most talented of people. That's why a Massachusetts gallery that specializes in bad art is gaining traction. Bill Geist visited the Museum of Bad Art in Somerville, Mass.,...

An overview of the Smith and D'Amour museums, part of Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts.

An overview of the Fitchburg Art Museum, located in Fitchburg, MA.

Did you know that Salem, Massachusetts is one of the oldest and most historically significant towns in America and that in 1692 a Witch Trial was held there that resulted in the executions of 20 alleged witchcraft practitioners?

In Plymouth, Massachusetts- site of the colony built by the Mayflower passengers - Matteo Brault spends his days living a 17th-century life, along with dozens of other re-enactors on the modern-day Plimoth Plantation.