A print on a wall at the bottom of a staircase. An antique rifle racked behind glass. A…
Trees of Knowledge

The graves of loved ones and luminaries are enough to attract visitors to the Grove Street Cemetery. But this 18-acre oasis in the middle of the city has long held another appeal…
Down Under

What do Benedict Arnold’s first wife, Rutherford B. Hayes’s grandmother and James Hillhouse’s uncle have in common? …
Fall Back

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
—The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus
Not every New Haven leaf is a flower. Not yet. But there’s no missing that the…
Trees of Knowledge

The graves of loved ones and luminaries are enough to attract visitors to the Grove Street Cemetery. But this 18-acre oasis in the middle of the city has long held another appeal…
Hallowed Ground

Can you feel them? All Hallow’s Eve is upon us, and the dead are just beneath our feet.
New Haven is an old city, and there are bodies where we least expect them. In the East Shore section of town, …