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LOCATION: New Hampshire, also nicknamed the "Granite
State", "Mother of Rivers", "White Mountain
State" and "Switzerland of America", is a located
in northern New England area. It is situated east of Vermont,
north of Massachusetts, south of Quebec, Canada, and west
of Maine and the North Atlantic Ocean. New Hampshire is home
to the highest wind speed ever recorded: 231 mph in 1934 at
the Mount Washington weather observatory in the Presidential
Range.
SEACOAST REGION
American Independence Museum is a private, non-profit
institution for the study, research, education and interpretation
of the American Revolution and the role that one state, one
town, and one family played in the founding of the new republic.
Strawbery Banke Museum exhibits period gardens and
historic landscapes.
Other Attractions:
Seacoast Science Center
The Music Hall
Children's Museum of Portsmouth
Fuller Gardens
Isles of Shoals Steamship Company
MERRIMACK VALLEY REGION
Currier Gallery of Art is an internationally renowned
art museum featuring European and American paintings, decorative
arts and sculptures.
Canterbury Shaker Village: Get introduced to the customs,
inventions, furniture, architecture and values of this utopian
society.
America's Stonehenge is one of the largest and possibly
the oldest megalithic site in North America.
The Children's Metamorphosis Museum is where kids
can have fun while they learn about, experience and participate
in the world around them.
Other Attractions:
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Canobie Lake Park
Charmingfare Farm
Museum of New Hampshire History
Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Shop
MONADNOCK REGION
Great River Arts Institute is an educational resource
for the visual and literary arts, providing seminars, teaching
workshops, symposia, retreats, and performance opportunities
under the guidance of nationally recognized writers, artists,
playwrights, critics and academicians.
Other Attractions:
Friendly Farm
Colony Mill Marketplace
Sharon Arts Center
Cathedral of the Pines
The Inn At East Hill Farm
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery
DARTMOUTH/LAKE SUNAPEE REGION
Fort at No. 4 Living History Museum helps educate
people on the day-to-day living as well as historical events.
Other Attractions:
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
Hopkins Center
Fells Historic Site at the John Hay National
Enfield Shaker Museum
LAKES REGION
Annalee Doll Museum: Trace the evolution of Annalee
Thorndike and her dolls, from 1934 to the present, at the
Annalee Doll Museum.
E. Stanley Wright Museum is dedicated to teaching
present and future generations about the conditions on and
the contributions of the American Home Front during the Second
World War (1939-1945).
Other Attractions:
The Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Polar Caves Park
New Hampshire International Speedway
New Hampshire Boat Museum
NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL PARKS
Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,167-mile
(3,488 km) footpath along the ridge crests and across the
major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in
Maine to Springer Mountain in north Georgia.
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site consists of 150
acres including the home, gardens and studios of Augustus
Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), one of America's foremost sculptors.
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