Oldest

We all know that Massachusetts has an incredibly rich history. It may also be pretty common knowledge that the oldest city in the Bay State is Plymouth. However, over on the western side of the state, it's not nearly as much of a known face just how old some of these towns in the Berkshires are.

According to Wikipedia, Choate Bridge located in Ipswich, Massachusetts (about 30 miles North of Boston) is a stone arch bridge built in 1764 carrying Route 1A/Route 133 over the Ipswich River. It is considered one of the oldest surviving bridges in North America and is more than likely the oldest in Massachusetts.

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A church in Kittery Point, Maine looks nearly as it did almost 300 years ago.

The list of these oldest restaurants dates as far back as the late 1600s, and expands all the way to the 1950s. If a restaurant has been in business for centuries, you know they are definitely doing it right. Like they say, the customer is always right!

While Maine is home to several old malls throughout the state, the oldest standing and functional mall is surprisingly still thriving 65 years later

This is a whole different level of owning a piece of history. These five vintage homes are straight out of the 1600s. Yep, they’re older than America itself.

The property was built between 1637-1641.

Cassie crossed over the rainbow bridge at the age of 13.

For more than two centuries, Maine has been home to the one of the oldest active military bases that exists in the entire United States

It's called NEW England, but in reality, she old.

I had no idea that the New Hampshire Lottery was the oldest legal lottery in the United States.

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You learn something new every day.

The historic city of Portsmouth has had a thriving food scene for many years, and these restaurants have been serving patrons the longest.

The Inn is even said to be the 46th oldest family-run business in the world and it's still in the same family that opened it 40 years after the Mayflower landed.