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New Hampshire Tourist AttractionsGuide to roadside oddities and other weird, strange & unusual attractions in New Hampshire.
In the winter, you can ski down the hill beside the tracks of the Mt Washington Cog Railway!
And the other great summer/winter New Hampshire attraction -America's Stonehenge - you can go through it on snowshoes in the winter. Besides the cool book off to the right about New Hampshire Curiosities
Bretton Woods - Train up, ski down.
The first cog railway in the world is on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. And it still runs with a coal-fired steam locomotive!
Grafton - Bring your rock hammer for a rockhounding experience.
At Ruggles Mine you have the chance to dig for all sorts of minerals. Like amethyst, garnets, buryl, rose quartz, and others.
While you're there, be sure and check out the views, too. Ruggles Mine is off Route 4 at the Village Green.
Photo courtesy Ruggles Mine.
Lincoln - A New Hampshire tourist attraction since 1928! Clark's Trading Post is like many of the old theme parks that used to dot the US landscape way back when. Since it opened in 1928, it was obviously around way back when, too! And, lucky for all of us who like tourist traps and roadside oddities, this one survived! Some of the attractions include trained bear shows and a steam locomotive railroad with 1/2-mile train rides that cross an old covered bridge--
NO, wait!!! That's WOLFMAN you need to watch out for, Clark's Trading Post's very own ornery New Hampshire woodsman.
And don't forget the graves of the bears that have gone on to perform their tricks elsewhere. The tombstones are just outside the performance ring. Clark's Trading Post is on Rt. 3, North Woodstock, NH Phone: (603) 745-8913
This is seasonal, so call first—Bears hibernate, don’t forget!
Hampton - New Hampshire tourist attractions include a dead Viking! Is Thorvald's Rock really Leif Erickson's brother's gravestone? Are those scratchings on it really runes?
Maybe it's all a hoax? Could be. If it is, hoaxes make good roadside oddities and weird tourist attractions, too!
Photo courtesy Hampton Historical Society.
Thorvald's Rock is in a stone "cage" on the grounds of the Tuck Memorial Museum. There are some other stone monuments beside it, keeping it company. Tuck Memorial Museum is at 40 Park Avenue in Hampton NH. More things to do in Hampton NH.
Jefferson - Decorate your own gingerbread cookie. Santa's Village is like a lot of other kitschy tourist traps with rides and other different things to do all in one place. This roadside attraction, of course, has a Christmas theme. Location: Santa's Village is at 528 Presidential Highway, Jefferson NH.Phone: (603) 586-4445 What are other people saying about Santa's Village? You gotta go there....
Plymouth - Caves and Maple Sugar Candy Don't those two just naturally go together? Well, in New Hampshire, they do - at Polar Caves Park. Way back when, I mean, way back when, like when the continental glacier started thawing...bunches of big granite blocks fell off the cliff and landed to form the Polar Caves.
There’s all sorts of fun things to see and do within Polar Caves Park.
There's a covered bridge. And stairs.
You can feed deer and ducks. And climb some stairs.
Photo courtesy Polar Cave Parks. And there's a Sugar Museum where you can buy Maple Sugar Candy. Polar Caves Park is on Route 25 (Tenney Mountain Highway) near Rumney NH. Phone: (603) 536-1888.
Salem - Stonehenge by snowshoe.
Visiting America's Stonehenge is always a different experience. But how about visiting it a really different way? By snowshoe! And how about making it even more different-go at night! Ready to take a candlelight snowshoe tour through America's Stonehenge? Here's a great
map.
Stewartstown - One of many signs across the US marking the 45th Parallel. That means you're halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. The sign is on the side of US Highway 3 just north of Stewartstown.
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