Beacon Hill, Boston.
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#massachusetts #boston #beaconhill #masshole (at Boston, Massachusetts)
The Back Bay and the Charles River.
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#massachusetts #boston #masshole #charlesriver (at Boston, Massachusetts)
Boston’s Back Bay.
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#massachusetts #boston #masshole #oldstompinggrounds (at Boston, Massachusetts)
A saltbox house is an example of early American colonial architecture. It’s wooden frame sports a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, with just one story in the back and two stories in the front. Legend has it that the saltbox form was popularized by Queen Anne’s taxation of houses greater than one story. Since the rear of the roof descended to the height of a single-story building, the structure was exempt from the tax.
The flat front and central chimney are recognizable features, but the asymmetry of the unequal sides and the long, low rear roof line are the most distinctive features of a saltbox, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept.
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(at Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts)
“Feel I’m goin’ back to Massachusetts
Something’s telling me I must go home
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own,
Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco
Gotta do the things I wanna do
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you.
Talk about the life in Massachusetts
Speak about the people I have seen
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen.
I will remember Massachusetts.”
Written by Maurice Ernest Gibb, Max Wittmann, Robin Hugh Gibb, Barry Alan Gibb (1967)
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#massachusetts #capecod #provincetown #beegees (at Provincetown, Massachusetts)
End of day at the tip of the country.
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…if you’re fond of sailboats and salty air…
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The old pier.
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Off-season.
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#massachusetts #capecod #provincetown (at Provincetown, Massachusetts)
The dunes appreciating the sunset.
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#massachusetts #capecod #provincetown #offseason (at Provincetown, Massachusetts)
Wrecked.
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#massachusetts #capecod #offseason (at Rock Harbor Beach)
Old Coast Guard Station.
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#massachusetts #capecod #provincetown #offseason (at Cape Cod National Seashore Oversand Beach Driving)
…you’re sure to fall in love with ol’ Cape Cod…
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#massachusetts #capecod #doorsofinstagram (at Dennis, Massachusetts)
P’town.
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New England breakfast fare: wild Wellfleet berry galette and dreamy black coffee from Portland, Maine.
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#massachusetts #tandemcoffee #capecod #provincetown (at The Canteen)
February in New England.
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Honoring the Mayflower’s landing in Provincetown in 1620, the fog-shrouded Pilgrim Monument (built 1902) is the tallest all-granite structure in the country (at 252’). And come along summertime, it’s also a big ol’ call to party…
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Backlighting over the marshes.
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Sandbar reveal.
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#massachusetts #capecod #provincetown #beachcombing (at Race Point Beach)
Winter sacrifice.
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#massachusetts #capecod #provincetown #beachcombing (at Provincetown, Massachusetts)