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MASSACHUSETTS: BURIAL PLACE HILL – REHEBOTH

The longest epitaph in the United States was written by Simeon Martin, a captain during the American Revolutionary War, which can be found at Burial Place Hill in Rehoboth. Simeon was born to an old family who had lived in Rehoboth going back to 1665, five generations, with the graveyard not far from his home.

MASSACHUSETTS: QUINCY QUARRIES – QUINCY

Granite from this former south of Boston quarry was used to build the Bunker Hill Monument. The location, though being a historical site, is an area favorite for graffiti enthusiasts and rock climbers. A place with so much character, scenes from the movies Gone Baby Gone (2007) and The Invention of Lying (2009) were filmed

MASSACHUSETTS: Mayflower Cemetery – Taunton

Legend has it that people have seen the chair rock and even a ghost of a young girl sitting in the chair. Others have seen glowing lights or orbs around the plot. Her vacant chair. The grave marks the location of Pearl E. French, a child of the age of three who died of spinal

VERMONT: ISLAND LINE TRAIL – BURLINGTON

The Island Line Trail, also known as the Colchester Causeway, is a 13.4-mile rail trail located in northwest Vermont. It comprises the Burlington Bike Path (Burlington), Colchester Park (Colchester) and the Allen Point Access Area (South Hero). The trail follows the route of the Island Line railroad, built by the Rutland Railroad in 1901. Vermont’s

VERMONT: HOPE CEMETERY – BARRE

The quality of granite from this area lends to better shaping and carving, which led to skilled artisans from around the world to relocate to Barre to become a part of a booming granite industry. Many of the markers are examples of some of the finest memorial design and granite craftsmanship ever produced. There are