The other was a glamorous actress. Show of hands here, please. All together, Greensboro invites the question: Is there a bigger-feeling town with a population under 1,000 in all of New England? Most common among these are the many dilapidated hospitals and asylums that dot the area. They are, as you would say, obscure. Archaic machinery rots into oblivion. From Margie of DQ Family Travel Middletown, Connecticut is absolutely one of the best places to visit in New England. Just as the time of 2020 is drawing to a close, as does the time of this rustic homestead. And so, in the final days of Fall 2020, we made our journey out to the abandoned remains of Camp Nepaug. They have both been defaced with graffiti, and completely barren inside. For FREE! There was a bit of tagging here and there. It is your time shine once again. There’s nothing pretentious about Galilee. A good chunk of those hours were spent in the nearby Salmon River Forest. I made a list at the beginning of the year of places I wanted to explore all over New England. The storage bins that were once used by campers can still be seen inside, though the floors are quite unstable. But if these men ever needed a grown-up version of a time out, there was a stone jailhouse on the grounds just for that purpose. Everyone else knew everyone, and at the island dock, they disappeared into waiting vehicles, mostly trucks. Exploring was their favorite thing to do. The old water tower looms over the campsite, nearly lost amongst the fading treetops. An outstanding community museum highlighting the island’s late-19th-century boom years as a major world source of granite: vinalhavenhistoricalsociety.org. The Franklin Park Zoo Bear Cages, Boston. Our untamed wilderness and fluctuating weather mean that if us humans step away – even briefly – nature will begin to creep back in, and take it … The allure of exploring unusual and abandoned places is hard to resist, and many curiosity-seekers make it a hobby. And mystery. Pumpkins are appearing on everyone’s front porch. It was about a mile in before we came upon the abandoned ski slope. Our untamed wilderness and fluctuating weather mean that if us humans step away – even briefly – nature will begin to creep back in, and take it … But then, the article mysteriously disappeared. Our directions took us down a quiet country road to a road-side dirt parking lot. But the story of the lesser known village of Wildwood is a fascinating piece of White Mountains history. The menu is anchored by locally sourced meats, vegetables, and fruits (of course); this is one of those fine restaurants that Mount Washington Valley locals book for their special evenings. They are housed in a kennel outside of the Biological Science unit in the UConn Forest. A graduate student conducts the successful breeding of male coyotes with female beagle dogs to produce what we have come to call “coydogs.” Three generations are successfully created. Wildwood – Easton, New Hampshire. And the tunnel lies right off the side of the road. I’ve loved reading your article and looking at Horseneck Beach of which I would ride my bike to everyday sit on the beach and watch whales breach on my trip back in 1982 visiting my family. That place is the abandoned Brown’s Mill. Just down the road, Jasper Hill Farm continues to expand its clout as one of the most renowned artisanal cheesemakers. It wasn’t hard for Elaine’s husband, Phil Crossman, to spot me. The Isles of Shoals is a group of islands of the coast of Portsmouth and it is considered to be one of the most haunted areas in New Hampshire with numerous ghost sightings on 9 of the islands. But then, up on the quiet road, a lone car pulled up. Fly fishermen stubbornly cast off from the river banks at all times of the year. Even though I don’t live in New England any more, my heart will always be there. There may not be too much to see here, but the ruins of this place certainly are special. I believe ALL Benny’s stores are now closed. It was frozen into the almost perfect shape of a heart. Emily’s Bridge. It was time to leave once again. There’s always a couple of local places I keep on the back burner just in case. After this unspeakable tragedy and it’s founder’s graduation, the entire experiment is believed to have collapsed. Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Photo: John Van Horn) ... England . From empty prison cells to mysterious nuclear laboratories, the US is full of fascinating, slightly unnerving places whose empty halls echo with the stories of past occupants. A kennel outside of the state ’ s history exploration, there just. 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