Alexander Graham Bell's name is a household word around the world. He is indelibly linked with the invention of the telephone. What is less known is that he uttered his famous first words on his invention in a tiny makeshift lab in downtown Boston, Listen how Bell came to be in Boston and what a tourist would find at the site today.

The old Boston Arena, birthplace to the Bruins and Celtics, pre-dated Boston Garden by 18 years and outlived it by 30. It is now slated to be replaced. Hear how a Boston sports jewel - older than Fenway - survived deep into the twenty-first century, while hosting famous sports and entertainment celebrities, major league games, politicians, and icons of its era..

In 1881, leaders of a private school in Northfield, MA mandated that all students run a 4-mile course around the campus before leaving for Thanksgiving break. It was extremely unpopular until Mrs. Forslund offered pies. It is today the oldest road race in America.

In 1925, the United States had a major soccer league that was second only to baseball in newspaper coverage. Soccer also had - and still has - an open tournament for the national title. It's open to all teams - professional and amateur. Hear how, in 1925 a small club from Andover, Massachusetts beat all comers;

There was a time when Benedict Arnold was considered one of the best soldiers for the American Cause. Hear about how he led an expedition across New England on his way to capture Quebec for the Americans.

Hidden in the shadows of the more famous battles of Lexington & Concord and Bunker Hill is a little-known, but important step on the way to independence. The battle of May 27, 1775, took place along the shores of today's communities of Chelsea, Revere, and East Boston, and is considered to be the first naval engagement of the American Revolution.

very school child knows of Paul Revere, and the history buffs can add the names of Dawes and Prescott to the account, but, in reality, there existed a whole network of express riders who spread the alarm of Lexington and Concord all over eastern Massachusetts.Listen and, and you may discover your town's own "midnight rider."

Before Lexington and Concord, before Leslie's in Salem there was the Worcester Revolt although little known it affectively separated Worcester County from British control.

Everyone knows the names Lexington & Concord, but the American Revolution nearly started two months earlier in Salem. Listen to how it was prevented as cooler heads prevailed on that February day 250 years ago. Instead of the start of a war, it became merely the dress rehearsal of what came on April 19th.

The downtown area of a western Massachusetts town at Christmas time was once featured in an iconic painting . Now, every year, the scene is recreated in real life. Learn about how an image from another era transformed a community.