Cape Cod’s Elmer Crowell, the First and Best Decoy Maker
In 1900, an Elmer Crowell decoy sold for $2. In 2007, an Elmer Crowell decoy sold for $1.13 million. And so did a second one. What started out as a… The post Cape Cod’s Elmer Crowell, the First and...
View ArticleProvincetown Dune Shacks, Remarkable and Never Repeated
Never have so many world-famous artists and writers lived in such a collection of crappy huts as did the Provincetown dune shack dwellers. The tiny shacks on the outer edge… The post Provincetown Dune...
View ArticleDaniel Webster Talks With the Fishes
Anyone who happened to go fishing on Cape Cod’s Mashpee Pond before the Civil War might have seen Daniel Webster there with a pole in hand. He’s an industrious and… The post Daniel Webster Talks With...
View Article8 Fun Facts About the Striped Bass, the Fish That Fed Plymouth Colony
When it comes to fish, the striped bass ranks right up there with the cod. It has for centuries. It kept the Pilgrims alive, funded schools and gave wealthy gentlemen… The post 8 Fun Facts About the...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Cape Cod Salt
Around 1830, mothers on Cape Cod faced a vexing problem. Their young sons kept wearing out the seat of their pants. They did it by sliding down the slanted wooden… The post The Rise and Fall of Cape...
View ArticleSeven Fun Facts About the Boston Mackerel
Mackerel gets short shrift in the annals of New England history. Overshadowed by the cod, the lobster, even the clam, the mackerel actually contributed significantly to New England’s prosperity....
View ArticleSeven Fun Facts About Cape Cod National Seashore
Before it became the Cape Cod National Seashore, the 40 miles of sandy beach along the Outer Cape was known as the Great Beach. It deserved that name as one… The post Seven Fun Facts About Cape Cod...
View ArticleU-boat Victims of World War II: New England’s Secret Rescues
Late in the afternoon of June 5, 1942, a Coast Guard lookout spotted a wooden motorboat puttering up Nauset Inlet with 20 windburned, exhausted men aboard. He’d expected them —… The post U-boat Victims...
View Article7 Fun, Freaky, Funereal Facts About Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey found inspiration for his macabre and witty drawings in cheese graters, Japanese cinema, French surrealism, insects, old children’s books, decorative rocks and Buffy the Vampire Slayer –...
View ArticleEdward Gorey House: A Quirky Cape Cod Museum
The Edward Gorey House may not be what you think about when you think “Cape Cod house museum.” On the other hand, the Cape’s appeal to free thinkers and quirky… The post Edward Gorey House: A Quirky...
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