August 4, 2026
The Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston located on Tremont Street is the city’s third oldest cemetery established in 1660. It was originally called the South Burying Ground and later renamed in 1737, after a grain storage building or granary, that stood nearby where Park Street Church is now. The site was established to alleviate […]
August 4, 2026
There’s a tag that we’ve been using at Route1Views since its origins in 2018 called “RE”. It raises a lot of eyebrows, and elicits many blank stares. People don’t get RE. Fair enough. Here’s an example that should help… The Historic New England Center in Haverhill, MA checks most of the RE boxes: REpurpose, REuse, REnovate, REstore, REcover, REbirth, […]
August 3, 2026
Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium in Bar Harbor, Maine, has a fantastic selection of sweets – including some pretty wild ice cream flavors! – so you’d be forgiven if you missed the fact that as of 2026, the small chain is 70 years old. Established in Martha’s Vineyard in 1956 by Paul and Marty Trahan […]
August 3, 2026
Comic books stores always were a bit of their own counterculture; even now, with Marvel movies having brought superheroes firmly into the mainstream, places that sell actual books about them can be a bit hard to find and each has their own personality. Coast City Comics & The Fun Box Monster Emporium definitely has more […]
August 2, 2026
Whether you’re just looking for a place to stretch your legs during a long car trip or you’re staying in the area and are looking for a beautiful (or romantic!) evening stroll, Belfast’s HarborWalk is a short but memorable place for it. HarborWalk is about .8 miles on even ground, and takes you through a […]
August 2, 2026
The Hood Milk Bottle was built in Taunton in 1934 by ice cream maker Arthur Gagner. The 40-foot-tall wooden structure stood beside Route 44 and operated as a roadside ice cream stand. Its bottle-shaped design belongs to the Coney Island style of roadside architecture, where the building itself served as the advertisement. The bottle measures […]
August 2, 2026
Boston Children’s Museum was founded in Jamaica Plain in 1913 by the Science Teachers’ Bureau, a group of educators who wanted students and teachers to have access to objects, specimens, and other materials for science education. The museum embraced hands-on learning long before the term became standard. In 1964, it opened What’s Inside?, described by […]
August 2, 2026
Once the spectacular estate of Pennsylvania’s founder William Penn, then to sitting in disrepair for hundreds of years, Pennsbury Manor has seen the whole of United States history. The manor was constructed on an 8000 acre land grant by the King of England to William Penn in 1682. Penn built his manor as his personal […]
August 1, 2026
A shoe store might not seem like the most likely destination for a trip along Route 1, but Colburn’s Shoe Store in Belfast, Maine, has an interesting distinction: it’s the oldest continuously operating shoe store in the United States. Established in 1832 by W.T. Colburn, it has remained in the family for nearly two centuries, […]
August 1, 2026
There isn’t much info online about the history of Young’s Lobster Pound in Belfast, Maine, although an AI-assisted search claimed that it was founded in the 1930s, so take that as you will. It’s clearly a well-established part of the community, however, and most people go to lobster pounds for lobster, not history, so let’s […]
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