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Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.

Nantucket Island has risen to popularity in the last few years thanks to popular books and shows portraying the quaint island. A woman who’s been "obsessed" with visiting the vacation ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... So went a popular toast when Nantucket, Massachusetts, was still the center of the whaling ...

The best time to visit Nantucket is during the shoulder months of March, April, September and October. You'll find the island pleasantly free of tourist hordes, and prices are more manageable ...

Guided maps for all trails are accessible through the Nantucket Conservation Foundation app, ACK Trails. Usually the site of the annual and highly-anticipated Cranberry Festival, a visit to ...

The number of illegal immigrants that ICE Boston agents arrested during a multi-day operation on Nantucket earlier this month has grown to five, with details of an apprehended MS-13 gang member ...

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The manufacturers of the damaged wind turbine that sent shards of debris to nearby Nantucket began a recovery effort Sunday to remove blade debris from the bottom of the ocean. The blade of the ...

Mostly clear with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C). Winds SSW at 17 mph (27.4 kph). Night - Mostly clear. Winds from SSW to SW at 18 to 25 mph (29 to 40.2 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 10 to 12 mph (16.1 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Sunny with a high of 67 °F (19.4 °C). Winds SW at 11 to 20 mph (17.7 to 32. ...