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Ocean View Hotel Ruins

  • 08/26/2009

Not far from the port on Block Island can be found the ruins of the Ocean View Hotel, destroyed by fire in 1966.  Sections of the foundation and some rubble are all that remains of it today.  The area also had quite a bit of poison ivy, so...

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Touro Park “Viking Tower”

  • 08/26/2009

I had been meaning to get to this one for a number of years, but it was usually out of the way.  Since we were touring a mansion in Newport, I finally had a chance to get to the “Viking Tower” in Touro Park.  Nobody seems to be...

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Monson

  • 12/27/2008

This southern New Hampshire ghost town was the first European inland settlement in the state. Built around 1737, Monson would not last very long; it died sometime in the 1770’s. Considered one of the most archaelogical significant sites in New England, its ruins have remained for the most...

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Desert of Maine

  • 12/27/2008

A desert in Maine is just about as out of place as a palace in West Virginia. The Desert of Maine technically isn’t a true desert; it’s made up of glacial silt rather than sand. The silt was deposited here during the last Ice Age, and over the...

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Freeport’s Big Indian

  • 12/27/2008

Normally, I don’t bother with big roadside things. Coming from South Jersey, I’ve seen plenty of them and never saw the big deal. I mean, I had a dinosaur down the road while I was growing up; the only reason he (she?) is on the site is because...

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Eartha

  • 12/27/2008

How do you make a map store fun? With the world’s largest globe (Guinness world record holder since ’99), that’s how. Added bonus – it rotates and revolves too. Eartha is 1:1,000,000 scale, so one inch is equal to roughly 16 miles. Three stories of glass show Eartha...

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Bucksport “Haunted” Grave

  • 12/27/2008

This is just dumb. Really, really dumb. There’s a tombstone. A shape that somewhat resembles a leg shows up on it one day. Somehow, this gives birth to a ridiculous story about killing witches. The grave stone is that of Colonel Jonathan Buck, the guy who founded Bucksport....

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Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory

  • 12/27/2008

This bridge, right next to Fort Knox, is one of only 3 of its kind in the world. Visitors can ride to the top and get a 360-view from the 42-story tall observatory. On a clear day you can supposedly see up to 100 miles. Yeah…that’s pretty far...

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