If you had to pick the five most important rocks in the world, in no particular order, the list might look something like this: the Rosetta Stone, which helped archaeologists decipher hieroglyphs; the ...

PLYMOUTH – Tourists visiting town know there are certain must-see things to check out, chief among them being the Mayflower II and, of course, Plymouth Rock. Those peering down at the world-famous ...

Plymouth Rock is likely not where the Pilgrims landed for the first time. But it doesn't make the destination any less ...

400 years later, this Massachusetts town is grappling with the real history of the colony and its relationship with Native Americans. Assailed by storms during its two-month-long Atlantic crossing, ...

Did the Pilgrims really land at Plymouth Rock? Slade Labadie Dixon, New Mexico It’s hard to be certain. According to oral tradition, the Mayflower Pilgrims landed near the landmark rock in 1620—but ...

The iconic Plymouth Rock and other sites were covered in red graffiti Monday during a vandalism spree discovered at the site marking the landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts 400 years ago. WCVB ...

Legend has it that, upon arriving in North America, the Pilgrims stepped off the Mayflower onto the large boulder that now sits in a place of prominence on the Plymouth, Massachusetts, waterfront.

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