The “Live Free or Die” state is less than 50 miles from downtown Boston, but it's a world away from the big city. Granite mountain peaks, deep blue lakes, and rolling green hillsides make this a great escape for a weekend, or even a quick day trip. Already thinking about hitting the road?

Boston has long been revered for its incredible revolutionary history, beautiful fall foliage, competition-crushing sports teams, and its reputation as the Hub of New England. It gets this name from the hub and spokes design of our public transit system (the T) and also from an Atlantic article in 1858 when Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the State House of Massachusetts, conveniently located in downtown Boston, the hub of the universe (#humble).