What is Jiggs’ Dinner? Explore Newfoundland’s iconic Sunday meal—its ingredients, surprising origins, and how a borrowed tradition became a lasting piece of local culture.

In the early 20th century John Vincent, a young artist from Newfoundland, caught the attention of art critics on both sides of the Atlantic and soon became famous as ‘the fisherman who painted the pope’.

The sad true-life tale of 17-year-old Newfoundlansailor Stephen Drodge and his final voyage on the schooner Jesse.

According to the newspapers, a strange glow in the water off Newfoundland lead a drowning man to salvation… but was it just a tall tale?

Stranded on a barren island just after Christmas, two men built a boat from scraps, rusty nails, and ice—then trusted it with their lives.

A young schoolteacher’s 1876 Christmas journey from St. John’s to Fogo reveals mummering, bonfires, and outport hospitality — a timeless Newfoundland Christmas story about belonging, tradition, and finding home in unexpected places.

On Christmas Eve, 1726, Paddy Kelly met something on the road near Keels — a black cat that seemed to growing larger with every step it took.

They were supposed to leave before winter. When they didn’t, the Christmas whales of Springdale turned a frozen bay into a story no one would forget.

A starving horse. A loyal Newfoundland dog. And a tragedy so unsettling it sparked outrage in 1882.

Instead of Christmas lights and carols, young men in Bonavista Bay had a different holiday tradition: bare-knuckled fights.

Discover the strange and magical folklore behind Newfoundland’s dogberry trees—from weather predictions to warding off curses. Dive into a slice of Newfoundland history where nature and superstition collide.

During WWI, a Newfoundland dog named Sable Chief marched with The Royal Newfoundland Regiment, lifted spirits, and broke hearts when he died. This is the story of their beloved mascot.

Legends tell of a black-sailed ship that appears before tragedy—fire, famine, or shipwreck—and some say she still haunts Newfoundland’s coast today.

In the early 20th century a mysterious light glowed Trinity Bay and it got people talking. Was it sabotage?

After a deadly collision in 1869, the Charles Haskell became the most feared schooner in North Atlantic history when her crew claimed be haunted by ghostly fishermen.

A haunted room in St. John’s, a mysterious knocking that wouldn’t stop, and a stranger who never checked out—together build one of the city’s creepiest legends.

In the summer of 1953, Newfoundland’s had a wave of sea monster sightings. Fishermen and sailors reported strange creatures, newspapers offered rewards, and mystery filled the bays.

Long before vaccines were common, a doctor in Trinity, Newfoundland made history — and all it took was a vial and a friendship.

A seventy-foot sea serpent sighting in Newfoundland’s Bay of Islands sent fishermen fleeing to shore. What was it? A rare whale? A giant eel? Or something even stranger?

Newfoundland’s Trinity Train Loop: once an engineering marvel, later an amusement park, now a haunting ruin where the spectacle never ends.