Green and mountainous, with good skiing and other outdoorsy pursuits, especially on and around lakes like Winnipesaukee; there's even a sliver of seashore. Cities include Concord, Nashua, Manchester, and Portsmouth.
Mt. Washington Cog Railway cited in 'In the USA this Fall, Combine Foliage with Adventure'
Dan and Mary Stroudt oooh and aaah at the multicolored scenery below the hot air balloon in which they’re riding. The journey is very different for Mark and Marylee Sutherland as they help to paddle a rubber raft along a stretch of whitewater in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Betsy Goodman and Tom Cross are traveling at a slower pace, strolling across a glass-bottom observation deck. These disparate experiences may seem to have little in common, but they do. They provide…
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This is a wonderful small museum that recently underwent a major renovation. It has an unexpectedly nice collection, and it also offers tours of the Zimmerman House, one of two Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Manchester. The houses are from Mr. Wright's Usonian period, which were designed for average people. (The other house is privately owned.) If you go, try Cotton down in the Millyard for lunch.
Manchester is undergoing a bit of a renaissance, with new loft-type residences going into the old brick mill buildings on the river and a very lively restaurant and arts scene. There is also a very good minor league baseball team, and a new Hilton Garden Inn that overlooks the new ballpark so you can watch the games from a picture window in your room. Good business hotel as well.