25 Bangs Street

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20 Berry Lane

The town’s connection to the sea grows more distant every year, but happily, there are still families here whose lives Continue reading →

115 Bradford Street

Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. This lovely and consequential house from around 1875-1885 has been in the foreground of thousands Continue reading →

132 Bradford Street

Old Colony Railroad Passenger Depot. For better or worse, Provincetown was firmly joined to the mainland on 23 July 1873, Continue reading →

132 Bradford Street

Old Colony Railroad Freight Depot. Provincetown was firmly joined to the mainland in 1873, when the Old Colony Railroad inaugurated Continue reading →

241 Bradford Street

Former Provincetown Vocational School. It’s one of the largest buildings in town and — arguably — one of the ugliest. Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Wreck of H.M.S. Somerset. In 1778, the formidable Peaked Hill Bars bested a dreaded symbol of British imperial power: H.M.S. Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Peaked Hill Bars Life-Saving Station. Near the site now occupied by the Margo-Gelb Shack, the U.S. Life-Saving Service built the Continue reading →