North Shore of Boston, Bostons Gold Coast, has everything from crashing ocean waves off the rocky coast of Cape Ann, to the white sandy beaches of Gloucester and Manchester-by-the-Sea, to the sailing harbors of Marblehead, to the salt marshes along Ipswich, Essex and West Gloucester, as well as the inland waterways, lakes, rivers, and [...]

Every summer community has a special neighborhood and in the case of Osterville on Cape Cod, its Wianno.

Captain Miles Standish negotiated the first great real estate deal in Wianno in 1648. At that time the price was two brass kettles, one bushel of corn, and half of the fence needed to enclose 30 acres of land reserved by the previous [...]

One of the things I love about the South Coast of Massachusetts is the maritime tradition. Through most of the nineteenth century, New Bedford was the world capital of whaling. In the present day that tradition continues with the world's largest scallop fleet. This week New Bedford celebrates that tradition with the arrival of the Charles W. [...]

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When the current owners of 861 Sea View in Osterville went searching for a beach house, they walked down its long driveway, across the lawn, peeked over the dune, and fell in love.

On the long quiet beach was a little cabana.

For us, it was all about that cabana on the beach. Where else can you hang out on a big beautiful beach, with no one [...]

Built by shipwrights in 1834 for whaling merchant William Rotch Jr., the Rotch-Jones-Duff (RJD) House and Garden Museum epitomizes the brave houses and flowery gardens described by Herman Melville in Moby-Dick. Greek Revival in style, it was designed by architect Richard Upjohn, a founder and first president of the American Institute or [...]

Heres a beautiful tour of Camden, Maine, a charming and vibrant village on Penobscot Bay, in the heart of the midcoast region.

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Little Compton --- One of 24 New England towns you absolutely need to visit!

Little Compton retains an idyllic landscape of rolling topography, stone-wall bounded farms, marshes and barrier beaches. A vibrant locavore food culture, great sailing and proximity to culture and restaurants in Providence and Newport make Little Compton a premier [...]

2014 is off to a great start in luxury real estate as Robb closes the highest sale yet this year in Hamilton at 641 Bay Road for $2,537,500 and 12 Smiths Point the highest waterfront sale on the North Shore at [...]