History and Heritage in Harwich Port, MA

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Spend an hour or two exploring this small but botanically rich open space via the self-guided Nature Trail and perh...

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The Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge is the only federally designated Wilderness Area in southern New England. Padd...

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In 1936, Mary Thacher had Winslow Crocker Housemoved six miles down the Old King's Highway to its prese...

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Here, Dec. 19, 1814 Orleans Militia repulsed British landing from H.M.S. Newcastle, - intent; burning village and ves...

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Est. in 1816; privately owned; no public access.

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Monomoy, once a peninsula about eight miles long reaching southward from Chatham at the elbow of Cape Co...

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Stage Harbor Lighthouse, established in 1880, had a much briefer and perhaps a bit less interesting hist...

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Est. in 1823. Open to the public for overnight stays ($).

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In addition to its role as an active light for mariners, picturesque Nauset Light is the iconographic sy...

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Some lighthouses decommissioned by the U.S. Coast Guard have been sold to private persons who restrict p...

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Great Point Lighthouse (also known as Nantucket Lighthouse) sits at the end of a seven-mile-long strip o...

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The Coast Guard Heritage Museum is located high on a hill at the eastern edge of Barnstable Village in the original ...

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Built in Plymouth 1680 by Thomas Paine of Eastham. Moved to Truro, 1770. Moved to Eastham, 1793. Moved to this locati...

Atwood House Museum