As one of the oldest states, Massachusetts started many things before the country was even founded - settlements, towns, colleges and even restaurants. In fact, the state's oldest restaurant is 60 ...

SUDBURY — Howe’s Tavern on Boston Post Road was already about 150 years old when poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stopped for a visit in 1862. Its congenial ambience inspired his series of poems, ...

The organization that manages and cares for the Wayside Inn is changing its name to draw more attention to its nonprofit status. It will be known as The Wayside Inn Foundation. “It was clear that most ...

SUDBURY - Sudbury is one of the oldest towns in New England and Longfellow's Wayside Inn is the oldest operating inn in the nation. Travelers have been visiting this colonial property just off Route ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is it haunted? A Yankee Magazine reporter shares the history and story of the ghosts of this historic Inn in Sudbury. SUDBURY, ...

SUDBURY, Mass. (AP) — Here’s a secret about Longfellow’s Wayside Inn: The poet himself never stayed overnight. “Longfellow only visited for that one day in October 1862,” said Guy LeBlanc, manager of ...