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Season 10 Episode 9 | 26m 16s

Richard Wiese heads to Maine for a look at one of the most-photographed lighthouses in the world, Nubble Light. Then it’s off to Boston’s famed North End, where Amy Traverso stops at the Revolutionary-era print shop of Edes and Gill and enjoys cannoli from Modern Pastry. Finally, in Woodstock, Vermont, meet potter James Zillian, founder of the internationally acclaimed Farmhouse Pottery.

Aired: 05/29/26
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Visit Pickering House Inn, watch winter skiing in Maine and see Nantucket floral designs.
Visit Glazy Susan doughnuts, Mount Monadnock and Wozz! Kitchen Creations.
Explore Rockland, Maine, meet a glass artist and discover romantic home products.
See glamping in Maine, fishing in Connecticut and tour Duparquet Copper Cookware.
Visit Tanglewood, meet shopkeepers in Maine, surf cast on Cape Cod and more.
Bangs Island Mussels, Arethusa Farm and a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge.
Tanglewood music festival and an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Newport, Rhode Island and a classic New England general store.
A look at Nubble Light in Maine. Boston’s famed North End. Vermont’s Farmhouse Pottery.
Glamping in Maine. Fishing in Mystic, Connecticut. A tour of Duparquet Copper Cookware.
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