A little more than a century ago a newspaper’s bizarre tale of a pirate treasure and spectral dogs on the shores of Quidi Vidi created a sensation in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Discover the Brigus Tunnel, a historic Newfoundland heritage site built in 1860 for the cod fishery—now linked to pirate legends and folklore.

On September 14, 1896 St. John’s city workers made a gruesome discovery under Military Road.

The first time Queen Elizabeth II appeared on a postage stamp it was in 1932… and it was in Newfoundland.

Trivia about the Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial bird — the Atlantic puffin.

Eleven facts about Terra Nova National Park.

Not what I expected! 15 years ago I asked Newfoundlanders to select the island’s most amazing places. Their choices surprised me!

Just over 300 years ago dreaded pirate Bartholomew Roberts set his sights on Newfoundland and began a 2-week reign of terror. Maybe.

170 years ago a ship sank in Petty Harbour inspiring a song we still sing today.

In 1905 something shiny and new — in the form of an unusual iceberg — appeared outside of St. John’s harbour and some people were convinced it was a miracle.

Did an Irish monk visit Newfoundland, carve his story in the rocks and leave again, 500 years before the Norse set up camp at L’Anse aux Meadows?

Newfoundland’s rabbits (aka snowshoe hare) and George Street United Church have exactly one thing in common — the Hon. Stephen Rendell.

90 years ago Newfoundland got mad. Mad enough to riot, trash the legislature, force the resignation of a prime minister and make headlines around the globe.

London! New York! Baccalieu! From globe-trotting music hall hit to kitchen parties in the cove, there’s a strange story behind ‘Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor’ becoming a Newfoundland folk music classic.

On March 30, 1826 Mark Rudkin shot John Philpot in a duel. It was Newfoundland’s last death by duel but was it murder?

91 years ago Hollywood came to Newfoundland and it ended in tragedy — some 27 people died in what would become known as The Viking disaster.

Unusually named and unusually tasty! How did the Newfoundland’s most beloved berry — the bakeapple — get its name?

In Newfoundland they are mopes and dogberries, but they might be grosbeaks and mountain ash, to you.

In WW2 two US Navy ships ran aground in a deadly accident off Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. The heroic actions of the people of Lawn and St. Lawrence are still being talked about, and for good reason.

Old-fashioned winters are overrated — February 1921 was avalanche after avalanche in St. John’s. Newfoundland has a deadly history of avalanches.