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Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Knowledge and beer. Test yourself on both against Brown's best and brightest at this big tavern's popular trivia night. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. The sourdough panini sandwiches are great. Can't go wrong with one of the 16 local brews, either. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Great bar for drinking alone. Walk up a wide flight of granite stairs. Once inside, turn left and enter a small, book-lined room. Read more.
Known as “The Mount,” Wharton used her estate to illustrate the ideals outlined in her 1898 book, “The Decoration of Houses.” She also personally designed its grounds & gardens. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Along with the Great Wall of China & the Taj Mahal, NASA included a photo of this site in the Voyager I space probe as an example of Earth’s most impressive manmade structures. (From Aerial America) Read more.
The history of Lowell’s textile industry is documented here with examples of its famous wares, as well as thousands of personal letters written by factory workers themselves. (From Aerial America) Read more.
While Lowell is best known for its significance to the Industrial Revolution, native son Jack Kerouac also set five of his novels here, including “The Town and the City.” (From Aerial America) Read more.
This historic site hosted the very first Thanksgiving feast in 1621. The local Wampanoag people supplied five fresh deer, while the colonists served corn, barley and peas. (From Aerial America) Read more.
From 1675 on, this was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, the magistrate who condemned 19 innocent men and women to death during the infamous Salem Witch Trials. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Founded in 1635, Boston Latin is now the oldest public school in America. Four signers of the Declaration of Independence studied here, including John Hancock and Samuel Adams. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Founded in 1635, Boston Latin is now the oldest public school in America. Four signers of the Declaration of Independence studied here, including John Hancock and Samuel Adams. (From Aerial America) Read more.
The figures of seated beneath this 36-foot-tall statue of Faith represent the four key principles of the Mayflower Compact: freedom, morality, law and education. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Created by President Kennedy in 1961, this protected shoreline’s first inhabitants were the native Wampanoag people, who fished the coast for cod, sturgeon and shellfish. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay held her first public reading here in 1912. Just 11 years later, she became the third woman in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Painter Andrew Wyeth used a room here as part-time studio in the 1940s. The house itself is featured prominently in his most famous work, “Christina’s World.” (From Aerial America) Read more.
The granite breakwater leading to this turn-of-the-century lighthouse is one of Maine’s most popular walking spots and the site of the Maine Windjammer Parade every July. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Created during the last Ice Age, this tract of sand-like silt was slowly covered by topsoil, but rediscovered by colonial farmers during the 18th century. (From Aerial America) Read more.
At nearly 800,000 acres, this park is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island. Its most prominent peak, Mount Washington, is the tallest in New England. (From Aerial America) Read more.
This 420-foot-high bridge not only spans the Penobscot River, buts also hosts the world’s tallest public bridge observatory, accessible via the fastest elevator in Maine. (From Aerial America) Read more.
This 31-foot-tall effigy of America’s famous folk hero is a monument to Bangor’s status as the lumber capital of the world during the 19th century. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Since 1907, this renowned artists’ colony has hosted more than 6,000 novelists, poets and musicians, including Leonard Bernstein, James Baldwin, Meredith Monk and Alice Walker. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Reportedly the second most climbed mountain in the world after Japan’s Mount Fuji, visitors to Monadnock can see into six states from the top of its 3165-foot-high summit. (From Aerial America) Read more.
During World War II, one in every four naval destroyers was built in this Bath shipyard. At the height of the war effort, the works was producing a new warship every three weeks. (From Aerial America) Read more.
The centerpiece of this state park is Mount Katahdin, the northern endpoint of the Appalachian Trail and Maine’s highest peak at more than 5,000 feet. (From Aerial America) Read more.
One of the largest public spaces in Portland, Evergreen is the final resting place for 25,000 Mainers, including the “Father of Prohibition,” Neal Dow. (From Aerial America) Read more.
The bell tower here rang out in celebration after Hampton officials absolved “Goody” Cole, a 17th century woman accused of witchcraft, in 1938. (From Aerial America) Read more.
President Teddy Roosevelt negotiated the treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War here in 1905. For his efforts, he became the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Sculpted by glaciers over 12,000 years ago, this 500-foot sheer granite bluff is so treacherous that it wasn’t successfully climbed until 1931. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Now one of America’s oldest continuously operated inns and restaurants, this tavern, established in 1801, hosted General Ulysses S. Grant for a stay prior to his presidency. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Town benefactors Laurance and Mary French Rockefeller renovated the inn in 1968 after completing numerous local beautifications, including the burial of all overhead wires. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Founded by the Von Trapp family made famous by “The Sound of Music,” this cross-country skiing center operates year-round and is still run by descendants of the original family. (From Aerial America) Read more.
In 1900, the very first skier went down Vermont’s highest peak, Mount Mansfield, using nothing more than two wooden staves pried off of a discarded barrel. (From Aerial America) Read more.
William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb created the 400-acre farm in 1886 as a model agricultural estate. It continues that mission today as a non-profit conservation institute. (From Aerial America) Read more.
This interactive museum traces the roots of North Americas native peoples back 18,000 years with exhibits including a recreation of the Ice Age and walk-through Indian village. (From Aerial America) Read more.
The seaport’s Museum of America and the Sea boasts the nation’s only surviving wooden whaling ship, as well as a reconstructed 19th century fishing village. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Although Benedict Arnold captured it during the American Revolution, this fort served well into the 20th century, including a stint as a top secret Navy lab during the Cold War. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Resort guests here have exclusive access to the historic Castle Hill Lighthouse. The U.S. government purchased the site from its original owner for only one dollar in 1887. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Narragansett Bay at one time hosted more ship traffic than New York Harbor. Today, the U.S. Coast Guard still actively uses this 1857 lighthouse at the bay’s entrance. (From Aerial America) Read more.
A complete mystery to historians, no one knows for sure who built this open-roofed stone tower. Some say it dates from the colonial era, while others claim it is of Norse origin. (From Aerial America) Read more.
Opened in 1673 by pirate William Mayes, America’s oldest tavern at one time hosted the Rhode Island General Assembly, as well as the local criminal court and city council. (From Aerial America) Read more.
William “Captain” Kidd reputedly hid his legendary treasure somewhere along this park’s craggy coastline. Visitors still search its many caves for signs of the lost bounty today. (From Aerial America) Read more.
