Conner Bottling Works 120 Exeter Road (Rt. 85)
Newfields
1-877-4NH-SODA
Open weekdays 8 to 5, closed for lunch at noon, Saturday 8:30 to 1
Stop by one of America's oldest continuously operating bottling works
and pick up some Squamscott Soda, a local favorite since the Civil War.
You'll also be treated to the sights, sounds and smells of this
historic 150-year old bottling plant with its own artesian well, secret
flavor lab and clanking bottling machine named "Dixie."
Gilley's 175 Fleet Street
Portsmouth
431-6343
http://www.gilleyspmlunch.com
Although middle-aged and older locals still mourn the good old days
when the original Gilley (Ralph Gilbert) towed his old Worcester Diner
car into Market Square every night and presided over a nighttime
pageant of florid conversation set to old-fashioned fast food, the
present Gilley's is more than satisfactory as a purveyor of real grub
and Seacoast culture. Although the Gilley's lunch cart (one of only
five manufactured and the only strill in operation) is now anchored on
permanent moorings and mostly lacks its former cast of colorful
characters, it's still the best local source for dogs, beans, burgers,
a fried egg sandwich and plenty of impromptu conversation among those
who occupy its timeworn stools. Steve and Gina Kennedy now keep
the tradition alive and you should visit them if not for the food
then simply to soak up a true taste of old Portsmouth. Open 11:30 am
until 2:30 in the morning every day except Monday closing atat 6 pm.
Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm 58 Cleveland Hill Road
Tamworth
323-7591 (800) 686-6117
www.remickmuseum.org
Free admission, open year-round on weekdays 10-4, during the summer also open Saturdays. 10-4.
A
working farm museum showing the traditions of agricultural and domestic
life. Self-guided exhibits, special programs and workshops. The Visitor
Center houses father and son’s medical equipment. Seasonal activities
like ice harvesting and maple sugaring are celebrated during special
events.
Mount Washington Cog Railway Mount Washington Base Road
Mt. Washington, New Hampshire
800-922-8825
The three-hour ride to the summit of the Northeast's tallest peak on
the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway is today just as
exciting as when it opened on July 4th, 1869. A steam locomotive powers
the passenger coach from base camp to an altitude of more than 6000
feet over some of the steepest railway tracks in existence. En route
spectacular vistas unfold and some days you'll climb above the clouds.
Still an engineering marvel, the Cog Railway combines a toothed cog
gear, rack rails, a steam engine with tilted boiler that burns almost a
ton of coal on each journey. At the end of the line -- altitude 6,221
feet -- you'll visit New Hampshire's unique mile-high state park
including the Sherman Adams Observation Center, a snack bar, museum and
gift shop. And, yes, it did crash once. In 1967 vandals placed rocks on
the track, derailing the train on September 6.. Eight people perished.
Officials say since that time security is improved and rigorous track
inspections would prevent a similar occurence.