The most absurd bar in the world is located in one of the most out-of-the-way locations, right off of US Route 1. Owners Jonathan and Melinda Jaques closed their bar of the same name in Southhampton and moved to Dennysville, Maine to start anew. The Hansom House opened in 2008 and was completed in 2014. […]
Located right on US Route 1 just north of Perry, Maine is a sweet little pull-off with a pink granite stone that marks the 45th parallel; exactly halfway between the equator and the North Pole. Placed in 1899, the monument reads: “This stone marks latitude 45 degrees north, halfway from the equator to the pole.” […]
On December 25, 2022 a Christmas Horror occurred, as the West Windsor Police Patrol Unit found the deceased body of a woman, on the shoulder of US Route 1 North (an unoccupied former car dealership). The WWPD Detective Bureau and Administration arrived at the scene thereafter, and took over the investigation in conjunction with members […]
Author Love Dean describes the Fowey Rocks Lighthouse as standing “in lonely grandeur with waves gently lapping its base in the clear bright light of the subtropical day with nothing in sight except a few vessels” In 1748 the HMS Fowey, an impressive man-of-war ship with a 20-gun lower deck battery of 18 pounder cannons […]
“Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary ” Serves as a humane and natural refuge for over 40 species of birds, cared for in a beautiful safe environment. In the sanctuary there are over 90-non releasable birds with disabilities ranging from: Not being able to fly, Feed themselves or walk, they need..T.L.C. I have great respect and […]
Beginning as the Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse in 1883, tragedy hit as the chief engineer and three others drowned in the inlet when construction began in 1884. The lighthouse was first lit on November 1st 1887 with a fresnel lens and kerosene lamps and could be seen 20 miles to sea. Well known writer of “The […]
Strong currents in the area tended to push ships toward these reefs which was considered to be one of the most dangerous in the Florida Keys. Built in 1880, this was the last Lighthouse to be placed in the Florida Keys. Located 15 miles from Key West and 5 miles south of Sugarloaf Key, it’s […]
In 1523 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sailed down the Florida coast from St Augustine and encountered rough currents at one point and named the area Cape Canaveral, which means Cape of Currents. The Cape is home to the Kennedy Space Center, the Space Force station and the Cape Canaveral lighthouse. Built in 1848 […]
Berenice Abbott was a multifaceted artist and photographer whose work captured many important aspects of change in the 20th century – in addition to documenting Route 1 itself! Abbott was born in 1898 in Springfield, Ohio, and raised there by her divorced mother. After briefly studying at a university she moved to Paris in 1921 […]
The Mustin Field Seaplane Hangar, also known as Building 653, sits on a property that was formerly the Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility (or NAF Mustin Field), which was in service from 1926 to 1963. It was named after Captain Henry Mustin, who is considered the “Father of Naval Aviation” for making history when […]
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