Trip IdeasThe Monadnocks and Merrimack Valley Places
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Charlestown
Charlestown has the state's largest historic district. About 60 homes, handsome examples of Federal, Greek-revival, and Gothic-revival architecture, are clustered about the town center; 10 of them were... (more) -
Concord
New Hampshire's capital (population 42,000) is a quiet town that tends to the state's business but little else—the sidewalks roll up promptly at 6.... (more) -
Henniker
Governor Wentworth, New Hampshire's first Royal Governor, named this town in honor of his friend John Henniker, a London merchant and member of the British Parliament (residents delight in their town's... (more) -
Hillsborough
Hillsborough comprises four villages, the most prominent of which lies along the Contoocook River and grew up around a thriving woolen and hosiery industry in the mid-1800s. This section, which is really... (more) -
Jaffrey Center
Novelist Willa Cather came to Jaffrey Center in 1919 and stayed in the Shattuck Inn, which now stands empty on Old Meeting House Road. Not far from here, she pitched the tent in which she wrote several... (more) -
Keene
Keene is the largest city in the state's southwest corner. Its rapidly gentrifying main street, with several engaging boutiques and cafés, is America's widest (132 feet). Each year, on the Saturday... (more) -
Manchester
Manchester, with 108,000-plus residents, is New Hampshire's largest city. The town grew up around the Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, which fueled small textile mills through the 1700s. By 1828... (more) -
Nashua
Once a prosperous manufacturing town that drew thousands of immigrant workers in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Nashua declined following World War II, as many factories shut down or moved to where labor... (more) -
Peterborough
Do you remember Thorton Wilder's play Our Town? It's based on Peterborough. The nation's first free public library opened here in 1833. The town, which was the first in the region to be incorporated (1760)... (more) -
Walpole
Walpole possesses one of the state's most perfect town greens. This one, bordered by Elm and Washington streets, is surrounded by homes built about 1790, when the townsfolk constructed a canal around the... (more)
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