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The Midstate Trail is a scenic footpath that runs 92+ miles through Worcester County, Massachusetts, from the Rhode Island border to the New Hampshire border. The northern terminus of the Midstate Trail is located on the New Hampshire border on the Ashburnham/Ashby Massachusetts town line just north of the summit of Mount Watatic. The southern
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The more I drift away from the ages of childhood, so go the traditions once looked forward to all year long. Traditions once celebrated with family and loved ones, some of whom have since departed. Things change, and life moves on. It can be easy to lose the holiday spirit, especially if you lose what
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.
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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
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
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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
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
Revolutionary War soldiers, The Blue Lady, pukwudgies, and other apparitions are all residents of one of the most haunted cemeteries in New Hampshire.
Ruins and relics of a lush garden, where a mansion once stood, built for an internationally known carpet manufacturer based in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Started as an ambitious home built by a former military general, turn private sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, and then lived as a base for a local fox-hunting club until it burnt down after a firework incident on July 4th, 1932.
A kettle pond in the forest so beautiful, it inspired Henry David Thoreau to build a cabin.