What You'll See

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The Oldest House

Also called the Jethro Coffin House, this is the oldest residence on Nantucket. Built as a wedding gift in 1686 for Jethro Coffin and Mary Gardner, it is the sole surviving structure from the island's original seventeenth-century English settlement.

The Three Bricks

Three of the mansions of the golden age of whaling were built on Upper Main Street. These well-known identical redbrick homes, with columned Greek Revival porches at their front entrances, were built between 1836 and 1838 by whaling merchant Joseph Starbuck for his three sons.

The Hadwen House

Located at 96 Main Street, The Hadwen House is a Greek Revival mansion built in 1845 by whaling merchant and silver retailer William Hadwen. The building and its twin Greek Revival mansion at 94 Main Street were the most ostentatious private dwellings the island had ever seen, and a symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the island's leading citizens.

The Cranberry Bog

Throughout the year, the 205-acre conservation area off Polpis Road is a beautiful tapestry of greens, reds, and golds -- and a popular hangout for many bird species. The bog is especially vibrant in mid-October, when the cranberries are harvested.

The Windmill

Built in 1746 by Nathan Wilbur, a Nantucket sailor who had spent time in Holland, the "Old Mill" is the oldest functioning mill in the country.

Sconset's Rose Covered Cottages

The rose-covered fisherman cottages of Siasconset, Mass., are widely known for their quaint scenic charm. Wooden trellises support climbing roses up the walls and over the roof, literally covering the houses.

Sankaty Head Lighthouse

Sankaty (from an Indian word, "sankoty," meaning highland) Head, on the island's eastern shore was built on a 90-foot bluff in 1850. The brick and granite lighthouse received a second-order Fresnel lens from Paris and soon became known as New England's most powerful light.

And Much Much More...