Visit Rokeby Museum and discover a stunning new exhibit – Free & Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont. Free & Safe will introduce you to Simon and Jesse – two fugitives from slavery who found shelter here in the 1830s.The exhibit traces their stories from slavery to freedom, introduces the abolitionist Robinson family who called Rokeby... Learn More >

Built in 1846 in the newly fashionable Gothic Revival style, Roseland Cottage was the summer home of Henry and Lucy Bowen and their young family. Prominently situated across from the town common, Roseland Cottage epitomizes Gothic Revival architecture, with its steep gables, decorative bargeboards, and ornamented chimney pots. The interior of... Learn More >

Visit Rough Point, the Newport Home of Doris Duke, now a house museum. Step into the stately English manorial style house, originally designed by Peabody and Stearns, and immerse yourself in the impressive collection of art and historic furnishings accumulated by two generations of Dukes. See paintings by Renoir, Gainsborough, van Dyck, and... Learn More >

Founded in 2005, the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity located in Bridgton, Maine features the history of a remarkable 19th century New Englander, Rufus Porter (1792-1884). Porter is well-known in the folk art community for his landscape murals and miniature portraits, however, Porter was more than just a painter. He was the founding... Learn More >

Merchant James Rundlet and his wife Jane built their home on a terraced rise and filled it with the finest furnishings available. The complex of connected outbuildings, including carriage barn and privies, borders the elaborate gardens and orchard in what was both an urban showplace and home for the Rundlets' large family. Rundlet equipped his... Learn More >

The Saco Museum was founded in March of 1866 as the York Institute by a group of men from widely different backgrounds, who shared an interest in the pursuit of knowledge. Their pledge was that none of them should die in possession of an uncommunicated historical fact. The stated purpose of the organization was "to promote the study of Natural... Learn More >

She afflicts me! She comes to me at night and torments me! She's a witch! Words such as these struck terror into the hearts of Salem townspeople in the early spring of 1692 as hysterical young girls called out names. In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became ill. When they failed to improve,... Learn More >

The Elisha Marston House Museum is the headquarters for the Sandwich Historical Society. The ca. 1850’s house is furnished with period furniture and artwork from the town of Sandwich. An addition built in 1972 features a new exhibit each summer downstairs with a research library upstairs. The attached barn has displays of farm implements, tools,... Learn More >

Writer Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was born in her grandparents' eighteenth-century house, where she lived with her family until 1854, when a Greek Revival House was built next door. As Sarah gained attention as an author, she and her family continued to live in the two Portland Street homes in the center of South Berwick. Jewett and her... Learn More >

Sayward-Wheeler House overlooks the York River, which was ideal for shipping merchant Jonathan Sayward, who purchased the house in 1735. In addition to being a successful businessman, Sayward was a judge and leading citizen in York. He enjoyed great community respect, although his Loyalist views were in the minority during the years leading up to... Learn More >