roadside oddity – New England Legends

Podcast 405 – The Pine Tree Riot

On April 14, 1772, the folks of Weare, New Hampshire, rose up against the crown in an act of rebellion […]

Since 1980, a giant, two-ton termite has been lurking the region just south of Providence, Rhode Island. In Episode 395

In 1949, architect Philip Johnson designed and built a Glass House on his compound in New Canaan, Connecticut. In Episode

In 1879, a group of flying horses was abandoned in the Watch Hill section of Westerly, Rhode Island, by a

In 2009, the trebuchet Yankee Siege from Greenfield, New Hampshire, broke the world record for launching a pumpkin. In Episode

In 1981, Woodstock, Maine, became the site of the last crank phone call made in the United States after the

Built in 1652, the White Horse Tavern is America’s oldest continually-operating bar and it’s Newport, Rhode Island’s most haunted. In

In 1973, someone painted a rock on the side of Rt. 103 in Newbury, New Hampshire, with a message of