Provincetown, Massachusetts

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16 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• Cape Cod School of Art · 0.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Ever wonder where American artists first dared to paint figures outdoors? This unassuming spot marks the birthplace of a revolution in American art. In 1898, Charles Webster Hawthorne, a prominent artist himself,…

• Pilgrim Monument - Provincetown · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

  The Pilgrims actually landed first in Provincetown, not Plymouth. They signed the Mayflower Compact here in November 1620.

• Provincetown Historic District · 0.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  From its origins as a fishing village to its vibrant art scene, Provincetown has always been a haven for the unconventional. This historic district encompasses most of the town's dense center, tracing back over 200…

• Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District · 1.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine a place where the wild beauty of Cape Cod fuels creativity: that's the story of the Dune Shacks. Beginning in the early 1920s, artists and writers began building and occupying simple dwellings in the Peaked Hill…

• Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station · 2.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine facing a raging storm on the open ocean, your ship breaking apart – this station was often the only hope for sailors in peril. The Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station was built in 1897, originally near Chatham.…

• Highland House (Truro, Massachusetts) · 5.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine stepping back in time to when Cape Cod was a summer escape for artists, writers, and anyone seeking respite from city life. That's the story of the Highland House. Before this building, the Small family had been…

• Highland Light · 6.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine ships wrecked on treacherous shoals just offshore - that's why Highland Light has stood watch here for over two centuries. The first lighthouse here was authorized by President George Washington in 1797. By the…

• Ruth and Robert Hatch Jr. House · 8.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  This house is one of the few surviving examples in Wellfleet that combines elements of Modern architecture with traditional styles. In 1961, this single-story wood-frame house was built on Bound Brook Island. It was…

• Marcel Breuer House and Studio · 10.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Ever wonder where a master architect goes to get away from it all? Here, in Wellfleet, Marcel Breuer, a key figure in the Bauhaus movement, designed his own summer retreat. In 1949, Breuer built this house and studio.…

• Marconi Wireless Station Site (South Wellfleet, Massachusetts) · 14.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Right here, on this windswept coast, the world shrunk. This is where Guglielmo Marconi built his wireless station, a place that would forever change communication. On 1903, Marconi erected massive antenna towers here in…

• French Cable Hut · 17.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Believe it or not, this little hut once connected America to Europe! Back in 1891, the French Cable Company built this place as a key link in their transatlantic telegraph cable. It connected the cable coming ashore…

• Eastham Windmill · 18.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  This old windmill has seen Cape Cod change more than almost anything else around here. It's the oldest on the Cape, built way back in 1680! Thomas Paine built it in Plymouth. But it wasn't always here in Eastham. In…