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Crocker Park
Crocker Park

Crocker Park, with some of the best views of Marblehead Harbor, is situated on 2.82 acres of land off Front Street.

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Cushing House Museum & Garden

Take a trip into Newburyport's rich history and prosperous shipbuilding era inside this elegant federalist period mansion.

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Custom House Maritime Museum - Newburyport Heritage Center

The Newburyport Custom House Maritime Museum was designed by architect Robert Mills, who also designed such historical buildings as the Washington Monument.

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Derby Street Historic District

The Derby Street Historic District runs from Herbert Street north to Blockhouse Square. It also includes the House of the Seven Gables on Turner Street.

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Devereaux Beach
Devereaux Beach

Located on Ocean Avenue just before the causeway, Marblehead's most popular beach offers more than five acres of sand, picnic tables, pavilions and playgrounds, plus a nearby restaurant and...

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Dogtown (Dogtown Common or Dogtown Village)

Originally settled in 1693 because its rocky, inland location offered protection from pirates and enemy natives, this abandoned settlement called Dogtown is one of the Essex National Heritage Area...

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Dole-Little House

Built around 1715, with materials salvaged from an earlier structure, the Dole-Little House was constructed for Richard Dole, a cattleman.

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Elihu Thomson House

The Elihu Thomson House is a National Historic Landmark, built in 1889, and formerly home to prolific inventor Elihu Thomson.

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boat launch in Essex
Essex River Cultural District

The Essex River Cultural District is sensible and compact, both in terms of geography and concept: this is where "the town meets the river." The district meanders past ancient burial grounds,...

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Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Essex Shipbuilding Museum

The Essex Shipbuilding Museum tells the extraordinary story of a small New England village that built more two-masted wooden fishing schooners than any other place in the world.

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