Black History Tour of Oak Bluffs
This tour covers sixteen points of interest in the history of African Americans in Oak Bluffs. It is three miles in length and visits a range of 19th and 20th century sites where African Americans lived.
This tour covers sixteen points of interest in the history of African Americans in Oak Bluffs. It is three miles in length and visits a range of 19th and 20th century sites where African Americans lived.
You'll hear the quirky stories behind these silly and serious installations on this narrated tour of outdoor art. Ptown is the country's longest-running art colony – artists have been flocking here for over 100 years to paint, sculpt, and create in the inspiring light surrounding the Cape's tip.
Discover the key locations where American Horror Story filmed in Provincetown for the 6 episodes of Season 10’s "Double Feature: Red Tide"! I’ll take you all over town to 20 locations that appear onscreen in the show. The tour includes location photos, video, and stories along with some tidbits of local history. This tour is […]
The first Methodist meeting was held on August 24,1835. Nine revivalists pitched their tents on the shore of what later became Oak Bluffs harbor. They listened to preachers, prayed and sang throughout the week. Each year the Methodist Campground grew in popularity, with more and more revivalists joining the throngs. Tents proliferated. The concept of […]
Walk through the streets of Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Read, Listen, Watch and learn about the haunted happenings here. Sightings and stories are based on interviews and research in the book Ghosts of Martha's Vineyard.
You'll get the inside scoop on the most popular spots for your insta shots at that picture perfect location! Some of these you'll see posted frequently on Instagram, and lots of bonus shots to make lasting memories of your visit to town. Provincetown is one of the most photographed towns in all of New England. […]
Experience some of the original route of this historic train, between Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Katama. Historian Thomas Dresser lends his expertise and stories via videos at tour stops along the way! Enjoy historic photos, too! A treasure. Enjoy!
The Built Story app provides turn-by-turn walking directions to each stop in the tour. It also includes text and video from Tour Creator Walking As Practice!
This triangular route is one of the most beautiful family rides on the Vineyard, stopping at some of the most iconic spots on the island. There are bike paths or quiet streets for about 90% of the way, except in downtown Oak Bluffs, which has sidewalks on which to walk your bike. It goes from […]
Come take a walk through the nooks and crannies of local history! Join Mark NP, owner and tour guide of Bordentown Walking Tours, as he leads you through Bordentown's unique and charming history from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans through colonial times and the Revolutionary War, all the way up to the King of Spain […]
Historic Murfreesboro is a very old town going back to the Meherrin, Chowanoke, and Notttaway tribes who populated the area before the Europeans arrived in the 1600s. Settled around 1707, the first recorded land grant was to Henry Wheeler in 1714 for a tract of land along the Meherrin River. Early landowners included names such […]
Historic Murfreesboro is a very old town going back to the Meherrin, Chowanoke, and Notttaway tribes who populated the area before the Europeans arrived in the 1600s. The first recorded land grant was to Henry Wheeler in 1714 for a tract of land along the Meherrin River. In 1746, Irish Immigrant William Hardy Murfree purchased […]
13 new murals by world-class artists that will change the skyline of the Flagler district forever, are featured in this free, self-guided walking tour. This tour, launched especially for the Miami Mural Festival, features works from acclaimed artists Hoxxoh, Magnus Sodamin, Case Maclaim, and more. The Miami Mural Festival supports community initiatives, leading to more […]
A lovely family bike ride through busy downtown Vineyard Haven, the quiet, pretty West Chop neighborhood, and West Chop Light. There are beautiful views of Vineyard Haven harbor, and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, Cape Cod and the Elizabeth Islands. There are no bike paths on this ride, but once out of town, the streets are […]
Durham is a university town, hi-tech center, and an industrial city that is filled with haunted stories and legends. Spirits of the deceased are said to walk among us, especially after dark. This tour shares the locations and lore associated with Durham's most legendary haunts. Durham also has a history of notorious and gruesome murders. […]
A short, mostly quiet family ride on quiet streets around East Chop, with no bike paths, but with beautiful views of Nantucket Sound, and Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs harbors, and through the beautiful and historic East Chop neighborhood. A portion of the route is on very firmly packed dirt roads, so it may be […]
Chapel Hill is a university town that is filled with haunted stories and legends. Spirits of the deceased are said to walk among us, especially after dark. This tour shares an unlucky 13 of the locations associated with the most notorious of haunts. Dr. Kemp P. Battle, University President from 1876-1891, was quoted as saying […]
A peaceful, relatively flat ride around Lagoon Pond, along the shaded and pleasant roads connecting Vineyard Haven, Edgartown and Oak Bluffs. There are bike paths for about 60% of the way (although there is an alternate route with more bike paths), and riders pass the excellent MV Museum, the MV Family Campground, the Alpaca Farm, […]
Raleigh is a city filled with dark haunted stories and legends. Spirits of the deceased are said to walk among us, especially after dark. This tour shares the locations and the lore associated with the most famous and notorious of these haunts, and the burial places of many of these former citizens of our capital […]
This tour is based on a book by Herb Foster, Jay Schofield and Tom Dresser. Martha’s Vineyard in World War II was published in 2014. Herb was a World War II veteran, who served in the occupation of Japan after the war. He convinced us a lot happened here on the Vineyard, and we wrote […]
A ride from the busy outskirts of Vineyard Haven, through a sun-dappled, uncrowded and a quiet western section of the mid-island Manuel Correllus State Forest, to the roundabout, past the Alpaca Farm and the MV Family Campground and back into Vineyard Haven. As you may know, several US Presidents chose the Vineyard as their vacation […]
See the most beautiful and majestic waterfalls and mountain views in Northwestern North Carolina!! The stops on this tour are all free or have a minimal parking fee. All tour locations are north of Interstate 40 and the Asheville area. (For SW NC waterfalls, see our tour called Amazing Waterfalls of Southwestern North Carolina.) This […]
Southwestern North Carolina has many amazing waterfalls. This tour provides a plan for visiting some of the most spectacular ones in the state. (Note that there are many other waterfalls in this area, but the ones on this tour are the ones we think are the best!) All of these waterfalls are south and west […]
Welcome to beautiful downtown Burlington City, NJ! Come take a walk with a friendly guide through the nooks and crannies of local history!
“Bringing the Gifts that My Ancestors Gave, I am the Dream and the Hope of the Slave” Maya Angelou In our collective American story, the basic human experience of hope connects us all. Hope is truly future-focused. In anticipation and jubilee when the day of freedom would come to the enslaved in East Tennessee on […]