The first African-Americans on Martha's Vineyard were indentured servants, runaway slaves, and whalers. They came for the oil. "You have to understand," says Skip Finley, a columnist for the Vineyard ...

“The Vineyard is such a sacred place,” shares Áwet Woldegebriel, the founder of his eponymous New York fashion label. Like the many creatives who call the island home, Woldegebriel has been returning ...

These extravagantly decorated summer cottages offer a quaint peek into the island's past. The grounds were originally occupied by 19th-century Methodists, who would retreat here in the summer to camp ...