Harwich’s Heated Reckoning
One hot August afternoon in 1848, emotions and beliefs collide in what has become known as the Harwich Mob.
The French Dispatch
The French Cable Station Museum in Orleans occupies some of history’s most memorable moments.
Isaac Snow: Revolutionary Pirate & Incorrigible Prisoner
Taking a step back into the Cape’s Revolutionary past reveals the story of Isaac Snow.
Foggy Memories
Revisiting an iconic Cape Cod Baseball League Game, professional MLB players & well-known coaches reminisce about the way the Cape itself can influence the flow of a game.
Of Ink and Bone
At a new exhibit at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, history is recorded through scrimshaw by the whalers who knew their quest better than anyone else.
You Are Invited to Craigville’s 150th Birthday Celebration!
You are invited to Craigville’s 150th birthday celebration! The story behind the first vacation community on Cape Cod.
Halcyon Days of Yore
Creating Cape Cod: A new exhibit is a tour of vacation history at Heritage Museums & Gardens.
From PT Boats to Leisure Craft
Kingman Yacht Center has been at the center of Cape Cod maritime activity since 1932.
Herstory of Discovery
For almost 100 years, women have slowly, but most assuredly, been making their mark on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
A Century of Stars
For nearly 100 years, The Cape Playhouse has been home to idols of the stage and screen. Its storied history is brimming with tales of those who believed, those who…
A Celtic Fishing Legacy – Century Old Gear
Inspired by the stories he was told as a young boy, his love of fishing & Ireland, East End Eddie Doherty relays the story of his heritage. If you walk…
A Holiday Showcase for the Ages
The Garden Club of Hyannis celebrates 400 years of Cape holidays with a magical transformation of South Yarmouth’s historic Cultural Center. Four centuries ago in early winter, the Pilgrims aboard…
400 Years of Gratitude
In the classic 1970 reggae song, “400 Years,” Peter Tosh of The Wailers decries the painful legacies of oppression, exile, and colonialism when he sings, “400 years of the same…
Three Centuries of Flowering
From the 1600s until today, this ancient Orleans ‘hundred-acre wood’ has flourished in hands that cherish the land with patience and love. Traveling down the long, winding drive shaded with…
Taking a Shine to Bradford’s Ace Hardware
As Jack Torrance completes his introduction to the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s 1977 classic supernatural thriller, “The Shining”, the “in-season” caretaker Bill Watson gives him a tour of the premises…
Welcome to Cape Cod
Today life is all about speed and instant gratification. Innovations like smartphones, GPS, high-speed internet, streaming music and movies, have taken a lot of the work out of what were…
A Homecoming to Remember
The intricate restoration of America’s most famous ship, the Mayflower II, and its journey back home to Plymouth. On April 20, 1957, Mayflower II set sail from Plymouth, England to Plymouth,…