From Herman Melville’s 19th-century literary classic Moby Dick to memoirist Herman Raucher’s Academy Award-winning 1971 film ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... So went a popular toast when Nantucket, Massachusetts, was still the center of the whaling ...

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Whaling started as early as the 1650s in northeast US, predominantly in Nantucket. First, the whaling ships netted the “right whale” – these whales swam slowly and floated once killed.

Just over six months after businessman Don Vaccaro signed the paperwork on his new property on Nantucket's coast, the beach house is no longer. On Tuesday, the three-bedroom home was demolished ...

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Sold for just $200,000 six months ago, a beachside home on Nantucket was razed by work crews this week after the town condemned it due to coastal erosion. Once assessed at more than $1.9 million ...

The best time to visit Nantucket is during the shoulder months of March, April, September and October. You'll find the island pleasantly free of tourist hordes, and prices are more manageable ...

A proposal to ban pickleball on Nantucket was briefly batted around during a Select Board meeting. The board on Wednesday discussed a planning board proposal to silence the sport, which has surged ...