A Return to The Donahue Sea Caves in Burlington, Vermont’s Intervale — There’s something inherently cool about someplace in Vermont you can only visit in winter because you have to walk across ice to get there.

“Redemption Rock” — A Reminder of Forgotten History — A little history, a little mystery, and a whole lot of ice… Just off Route 140 in Princeton, Massachusetts sits a massive ledge with a short paragraph carved into one side. Folks pass by it often as they use the popular Midstate Trail, which runs by the rock. Some may…

Glacial Erratic? Perched Boulder? Shaped Stone? Searching Out King Philip Rock in Berlin, Massachusetts — The Wampanoag Satchem Metacom was called King Philip by Europeans who knew him and knew of him. He was a son of Massassoit, the Indigenous Leader who had welcomed the Pilgrims and helped them survive through their first winters.

Possible Sacred Stone and Water Works Around Gates Pond in Berlin, Massachusetts — Kequasagansett? An old town history of Berlin, Massachusetts explained that Gates Pond and its surroundings were once known to the local Indigenous Peoples as Kequasagansett. What? I’d grown up around here and never heard this.

2021 Explorations and Experiences — 2021 has been a bizarre year by any measure. I’ve found some solace from the madness of the present uncovering hidden history, seeking out suggestions of the past and possible pasts hiding in plain sight around Vermont, New England, and beyond, sharing experiences so folks can join in on this…

Possible Serpent Effigy Found Near Essex’s Indian Brook Reservoir — Earlier this week, I returned to a spot in northern Vermont I’d partially explored back in the Spring, Indian Brook Reservoir Park in Essex, and made some surprising new discoveries. Although still called a reservoir, Indian Brook Reservoir was abandoned for other water sources, the town of Essex Junction switching…

Did Ancient Hands Shift Boulders and Stones at Bilger’s Rocks? — There may be more to Bilger’s Rocks than people know.

Celestial Alignments and Embanked Enclosures in Indiana’s Mounds State Park — What little we know about the Adena and Hopewell indigenous cultures of the pre-contact North American Midwest we have gleaned from what remains of their many mounds and earthworks. There is still much to be learned. …

Settlers Turned Burial Mounds Into Their Own Cemetery In Piketon, Ohio — As we enjoy the spooky season, a look at one of my eerier Mound visits this year — to the Mounds of Mound Cemetery in Piketon, Ohio, near the Scioto River.