Brown’s and Hopkin’s – The US’s Oldest Consecutively Run General Store – Chepachet Rhode Island
A quaint little stop into a long forgotten era.
Tag: historical landmark
Glen Farm Trail/Abandoned Ice House – Portsmouth RI
When the electricity goes out we take it as a sign from the Universe we should go outside and explore….
East Hill Cemetery Peterborough NH
I suddenly find myself on a mission to find five missing people in a gorgeous historic cemetery.
Phineas Gage Memorial – Cavendish Vermont
Another bizarre historical story from the woods of Vermont.
South Cemetery – Wendell MA
My third cemetery of the day gives me a long pause as I ponder the brevity of life and the mysteries of those who have already left us behind.
Redemption Rock – Princeton MA
I find myself hiking past a historical landmark where hostages were once exchanged from the Narragansett, Wampanoag and Nashaway/Nipmuc back to the English Puritans in the late 1600’s.
Stowell Road & Country Farm Covered Bridges
Today I drove out to two covered bridges – one on Stowell Road in Merrimack NH, the other was the County Farm Bridge in Greenfield/Hancock. Both were bridges you can drive over that have no place to park so you can see them – this didn’t stop me. Even though they weren’t pedestrian bridges and… Continue reading Stowell Road & Country Farm Covered Bridges
Fort Knox – Prospect Maine
Fort Knox is an enormous castle-like maze that I sure to delight any brave child or child-at-heart.
Kicking Off October with the Old Burial Grounds Cemetery in Ashby MA
October is the beginning of my Haunted New England Tour and on my first stop I find something fascinating – the grave site of a black revolutionary war soldier.
Uncle Sam’s House & Adjoining Forest Trail
How else would I celebrate my birthday than accidentally dropping by Uncle Sam’s house, bumbling back into the woods, and playing with salamanders?