THE ISLES OF SHOALS

No Virginia, there is no pirate treasure on the Isles of Shoals. But yes, people keep looking and hoping. In this archived episode, we ride with the HISTORY CHANNEL to search for pirate gold at Lunging Island. A behind-the-scenes look at the making of a less-than-swashbuckling TV documentary in Seacoast New Hampshire.

LOST IN PHOENIX

Who would purposefully live near a scorching desert with rattlers and scorpions under every cactus? Funny thing is, the independent, hard-knuckle entrepreneurial citizens of Phoenix sure many of the characters of a life-long New Englander. And with Global Warming, even the temperature is similar.

AMONG THE LCOAL CACTI

The editor, who doesn’t get out much, finds himself on a Phoenix city bus heading toward the desert. His mission is to meet his first ancient saguaro cactus. In the end, he meets hundreds, but your first cactus, they say, is always the best. The two part tour begins here (Click above)

TALES OF HAMPTON

Take a lesson. Gen. Jonathan Moulton was a Revolutionary War hero. But he flaunted his wealth in the poor Puritan town of Hampton, NH. He made too many locals angry when he curried favor with the British and married a second young wife. Townspeople said he was in league with the devil – and the story stuck.