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Trenton, Maine

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Easton, Massachusetts

Selee Satanic Mill Marker

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.
Salem, Massachusetts

Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.
farms

Podcast: Maine’s Burning Blueberry Fields

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 19, 2021
The cake reveals much about Dickinson's life and times.
literature

The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe

It reveals an unexpected side to the poet's personality and the brutality that brought a Caribbean dish to New England.
Reina Gattuso August 20, 2021
Towards the end of the burn, the fire can be spread simply by raking the burning straw.
farms

The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries With Fire

Using all four elements to grow the perfect berry.
Luke Fater July 6, 2020
Dirty Water is one of hundreds of distilleries across the United States in manufacturing hand sanitizer.
disease

Inside One Distillery’s Pivot to Hand Sanitizer

The small Massachusetts outfit supplies local police, firefighters, and hospitals.
Luke Fater March 26, 2020
Biddeford, Maine

Palace Diner

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.
Itinerary

Rogue Routes: The Road to the Ice Castles

Explore the winter wonders that New England has to offer.
Holy Hill
Harvard, Massachusetts

Holy Hill of Zion

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.
The first beach, where Sam and Suzy dance together, in Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom".
Jamestown, Rhode Island

'Moonrise Kingdom' Beach

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.
A statue of the writer-botanist-philosopher, with wildflowers.
trees

How Thoreau's 19th-Century Observations Are Helping Shape Science Today

For one thing, they tell us that plants aren't blooming when they used to at Walden Pond—or most anywhere else.
Evan Nicole Brown July 9, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Marlborough Pie

A custardy twist on apple pie finds delicious use for fruit reaching spoilage.
Stoddard, New Hampshire, under LiDAR after walls were drawn.
maps

There’s a Crowdsourcing Effort to Map the Stone Walls of New Hampshire

Part of the goal is to inspire greater appreciation for these mossy structures.
Jonathan Carey January 24, 2019
Packboards stacked with butter, meat, vegetables, and cheese weigh 40 to 80 pounds.
mountains

The 'Croos' That Haul 50-Pound Packs to Feed Hungry Hikers

Re-supplying White Mountains huts requires serious stamina.
Courtney Hollands December 21, 2018
In the late 1800s, oil stoves started to make cooking slightly easier.
food

When Cow Tongue Was an Essential Thanksgiving Ingredient

It made American pies rich and indulgent.
Leigh Chavez-Bush November 27, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Joe Froggers

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.
maps

England, But New: How John Smith's 1616 Map Helped Define America

The name "New England" was like a colonial real estate ad.
Sarah Laskow November 20, 2018