The Schoolhouse Center, at 494 Commercial St., was actually Eastern School from 1844 until 1931. It has since been everything from a community center to an American Legion post and now houses community radio station WOMR-FM, The Schoolhouse Gallery and GAA Gallery.
There’s some working happening in the house in which Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan (1874-1970) lived at 473 Commercial St. in Provincetown. The town’s wharf is named for its most famous resident—McMillan was an arctic explorer, geographer and naturalist who, despite all his travels, lived close to where he was born.
The rising sun casts spectacular colors over Provincetown Marina.
Days may be getting shorter and cooler, but Provincetown is uniquely beautiful in every season.
It’s a sign of the times: artist Steve Kennedy’s new sign, which depicts local fishermen and pays tribute to iconic doryman Eddie Ritter, welcomes those coming into Provincetown by way of Commercial Street/Route 6A. The previous sign, which was more than 15 years old and painted by Frank Milby, faded over the years.
There are secret paths in the Cape Cod National Seashore in Provincetown and Truro that may only be stumbled upon by accident.
Head into the famous Lobster Pot restaurant and pick a crustacean right out of a tank, or try the baked scallop au gratin, which melts in the mouth. Its bar, called The Top of the Pot, is a super fun spot to enjoy drinks and appetizers with a small group of friends.
Nobel Prizing-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill got it right when he said the Provincetown and Truro dunes are “a grand place to be alone and undisturbed.” It’s particularly perfect in the autumn when it’s unusual to run into another person out there.
Provincetown Books has been a key spot in town since Paul Smith opened it in 1940, though the building that houses it at 246 Commercial St. was built around 1850 by Capt. Philip Cook. Because of its big window, in which new books by local and national authors are continually rotated, it was called the Port-Hole Building. Filmmaker-writer John Waters worked there for years starting back in the 1960s and is still a regular customer.
