Connecticut
Enjoy fishing, hiking and swimming in Connecticut's second-largest state forest.
Must-see attractions in New England
Charlestown
North of City Sq, this shady, brick plaza leads up Town Hill. Back in the days of the earliest European settlements, a fort crowned Town Hill, which you…
Beacon Hill & Boston Common
Peek inside the impressive courthouse on Pemberton Sq, which is home of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the oldest appellate court in the…
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Astronomical Society welcomes visitors to weekly summer 'star parties' at its observatory, behind the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. Peer…
Portland
This small art installation honors a local fighter pilot who fought in WWII and Korea. Four 9ft-high granite standing stones inscribed with virtues…
Boston
Located on Blackstone Block – the city's oldest cluster of buildings. Look for the 1737 Boston Stone embedded in the foundation of one of these buildings…
Massachusetts
Housed in a creepy Romanesque church, this so-called museum starts with a presentation of life-size dioramas, with a voice-over recounting the narrative…
Midcoast Maine
The first prison in the district of Maine opened in 1811 and, surprisingly, remained in operation until 1953. The hilltop structure of granite, brick and…
Nantucket
The Old Mill is America’s oldest working windmill (c 1746), as game young docents will demonstrate by grinding corn (weather conditions permitting). It's…
Boston's Western Suburbs
On your way up to Old North Bridge, look for the yellow Bullet Hole House, where British troops purportedly fired at the owner of the house as they…
North Maine Woods
A reminder of a time when blast furnaces and charcoal kilns smelted iron all day, these iron works were built in 1843 and used for about 30 years…
Midcoast Maine
Rockport's biggest attraction? That may well be the granite statue of Andre the Seal. Andre was a crowd-pleasing showboat who swam to the harbor every…
Massachusetts
This 'museum' utilizes scary-looking mannequins to recount the history of the Salem witch trials. It has re-created scenes from 'Old Salem village,'…
Boston
On the site of the former Filene's Department Store, the Millennium Tower is a high-rise residential tower and the tallest Boston skyscraper outside the…
Midcoast Maine
This small library is a useful spot to stop, decompress and meet a knowledgeable local. If anything else, you might just need to borrow a book. Despite…
Boston
Founded in 1873, St Leonard's was the first church in New England built by Italian immigrants. The attached Peace Garden is always open for a sacred…
Beacon Hill & Boston Common
Now marked by a plaque, the Great Elm stood on this site for more than 200 years. History has it that the tree was used for public executions in the 17th…
Cape Cod
The kid-friendly Schoolhouse Museum, across from the Salt Pond Visitor Center, is housed in a sweet, one-room schoolhouse dating from 1869. It features a…
Midcoast Maine
On the way north out of Belfast, stop in at Waterfall Arts, a nonprofit contemporary arts center that hosts exhibitions, lectures, art classes, musical…
Provincetown
The high-quality Albert Merola Gallery showcases works by both contemporary and notable past Provincetown artists. It's reliably open during the summer…
Massachusetts
After remembering the very real tragedy of the Salem witch trials, you can have your picture taken with Samantha Stephens, the spell-casting, nose…
Midcoast Maine
A studio and gallery exhibiting the bright paintings by a trio of local women. Also has highly regarded painting workshops and classes throughout the year…
Down East
Maine's northernmost lighthouse is Whitlocks Mill Light, visible from a rest area 3.5 miles southeast of Calais. To spot the lighthouse, look for the sign…
Southern Maine Coast
This small, landscaped park has paved paths and some nice views out onto the water; it's a good access point for the Cliff Walk.
Beacon Hill & Boston Common
On the northwest side of the lagoon in the Public Garden, the Ether Monument commemorates the first use of anesthesia (in Boston) for medical purposes.
Burlington
Burlington's former railway station (converted to office space in the 1950s) is a prominent landmark at the foot of Main St near the lakeshore.
Midcoast Maine
Colburn Shoe has a sweet and simple claim to fame: it's the oldest operating shoe store in the country (from 1832).
Beacon Hill & Boston Common
Dating to 1912, Parkman Bandstand is now used for concerts, rallies and other events.
