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A look at history’s odd corners—told through photos, puzzles, and memories, and with occasional detour.

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Fenway, from Duffy's Cliff to the Green Monster

Jigsaw for October 3, 2026: Fenway Park, 1912, and a second one: Fenway Park, 2026

The left field wall, September 28, 1912, colorized from the glass plate.

I went to Fenway last week.

Fenway from behind home plate, September 22, 2026. Ph...

9 days ago
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Quechee Mill and Bridge

Jigsaw for July 21, 2024: Quechee Mill and Bridge

Downtown Quechee, early 20th century

Downtown Quechee in the early 20th century. Note the grade school, the old water tower, and the future Simon Pearce building to the left.

Full-resolut...

11 days ago

Main Street, Norwich, 1949

Jigsaw for October 2026: Main Street, Norwich, in 1949

Main Street, Norwich, looking north from Elm, 1949, newly colorized

This real-photo postcard, number 1416, looks north up Main Street from the corner of Elm. When Lois Overton posted...

11 days ago
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Read the Plate Sideways

A companion to Four Housepower. The post carries one map, the before and the after, because one is all a post can carry without turning into an atlas. This is the rest of it, at a size worth zooming into.

The source is the G. W. Bromley at...

15 days ago

The Church That Walked

Jigsaw for September 26, 2026: Lake Street, Chicago

Lake Street, Chicago. A whole block of brick, up on screws, shops open.

One last post about moving buildings. It starts in Chicago, and it ends on familiar ground for many of us.

Ni...

17 days ago
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