Towns

Data such as typical home value, one-year price change and five-year price change were used to find the hottest towns/cities in Maine. So, who’s leading the pack? Surprisingly, not Portland.

It's always interesting to see how town populations fluctuate over the years. Courtesy of the 1950 New Hampshire census, we can do just that.

Hard to believe that anyplace in New England is 'affordable,' especially if you're shopping for a place to live, but these two New Hampshire towns made the Top 20 list in all of New England

The oldest county in the state dates back to 1769...and there's actually more than one.

These towns have that special charm resembling a Hallmark movie during the winter months.

The town was praised thanks to an iconic Granite State animal: the moose.

When anyone thinks of Massachusetts, there's a good chance they may be quick to think of places to travel to like Boston, Cape Cod, Salem, the Berkshires, Cambridge, or Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard. People here know there are plenty of other amazing spots that I'm leaving out. However, none of those were picked as the 25 most underrated destinations in the U.S. As it turns out, the Bay State has two of them. What do you think they are?

Which names do you recognize?

There are plenty of challenging towns and cities to pronounce—let alone spell—in our Pine Tree State, but one publication is calling this one the hardest!

Here's what locals say are the best towns in the Granite State.

There are 482 municipalities in Maine split up between 16 counties. If you’ve got field, farm, ville or corn in the name of your town, there’s a pretty good chance it made the list.

Safety first.

We asked Granite Staters which New Hampshire towns have the nicest residents. Here's what they said.

What are your thoughts?

Have you done it?

Massachusetts has some of the most unique town names of any state in the U.S. And that's actually an understatement. Some town names are so distinctively unique that plenty of residents don't even know how to pronounce them. There's also towns in the Bay State begin with the four directions: North, East, West, and South. There are even 19 towns throughout the Bay State that end in 'ham'. But throughout all the crazy, unique, eccentric, and bizarre town names in Massachusetts, some just don't sound like they are towns that should exist in the Bay State whatsoever!