New England

Connecticut

USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958.

USS Nautilus, Groton, CT

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

Millions of years old dinosaur tracks at Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, CT

American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol, CT

Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of CT, Windsor, CT

Rhode Island

The Stephen Hopkins House, Providence, RI

Stephen Hopkins was baptized “the last of April 1581” and was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

John Brown was a militant American abolitionist whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia), in 1859 made him a martyr to the antislavery cause and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War (1861–65).

Rhode Island State House, Providence, RI

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Massachusetts

Mayflower II, Plymouth’s full-scale reproduction of the tall ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620.

Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Boston Massacre Site

The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.

Established in 1660, some of America’s most notable citizens rest here. Samuel Adams & Paul Revere are among the patriots buried at this storied site on the Freedom Trail.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, Boston, MA

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.

Salem is a city on the north coast of Massachusetts above Boston. It’s famous for its 1692 witch trials, during which several locals were executed for allegedly practicing witchcraft.

New Hampshire

The Sheafe Warehouse now sits on Shaw’s Wharf in Prescott Park. The warehouse, built c. 1740, was originally situated on the corner of Mechanic Street and what used to be called Graves End Street. The warehouse, circled in red below, was ideally situated on the Piscataqua River to receive incoming ships.