Boston Decoded

Leftover pieces of a frightening time in our nation’s history, where the threat of nuclear attack was very real, are littered throughout Boston. During the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy announced the nuclear fallout shelter program that would establish buildings and other areas that could be used to protect from the aftermath of a nuclear attack. In Boston,...

Over 1,000 places in Boston were marked as nuclear fallout shelters during the Cold War. Where are they and what has become of them today?

Oliver “Ollie” Smoot didn’t expect to become a lasting legend when he came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but that all changed the night his fraternity used his body to measure a bridge . A younger Ollie was chosen by Lambda Chi Alpha to become a measurement painted on Harvard Bridge decades ago. Now the “smoot” is an official…

Boston’s Harvard Bridge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is covered in “smoots.” Learn about the origin of this real measurement from Ollie Smoot himself, and discover some of the lesser-known secrets it holds.

Boston, Massachusetts, is a small city packed with compelling stories, secrets and mysteries that are just begging to be uncovered. Rob Michaelson takes you through some of the most interesting bits of Boston and beyond with solid journalism (and dad jokes.) It’s a good time. From hidden secrets in the MBTA to weird laws that still exist in Massachusetts,...

What would Boston look like if we had elevated railways? A Blue Line from East Boston to Brighton? We explore the failed prototypes and “what-ifs” in the city’s transportation history with an expert.

What would Boston look like if we had elevated railways? A Blue Line from East Boston to Brighton? We explore the failed prototypes and “what-ifs” in the city’s transportation history with an expert.

Trying to be a good, law-abiding citizen in Massachusetts? It may be harder than you think. We found and rated some of Massachusetts’ weirdest laws, ones that could easily be broken.

Feel like cussing at a sports game? Spitting on the sidewalk? These weird laws are still on the books in Massachusetts and, along with Boston College law professor Dan Farbman, we looked into why.

Massachusetts is struggling through the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s not the first outbreak to hit our state over the last few centuries. We’ll take you through the history and how what happened to the diseases and viruses that have hurt us before.

Singles in the Boston area are looking for love and searching for answers to their questions online. We have a list of the top ten “how to” searches about dating with answers from local dating expert Samantha Burns.