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The oldest surviving house in New Hampshire is the Jackson House on 76 Northwest Street in Portsmouth. It got it's name because it was built in 1664 by a dude named Richard Jackson. Richard was a woodworker, farmer, and mariner. It is also the oldest wood-frame house in the state.

Piggly Wiggly for many years has been dubbed the OG of grocery chains, which isn't totally wrong—but also, not totally right. That honor technically belongs to a different grocery store, which turns 165 years old this month.

Colleges and Universities in Maine have been around for a long time. Here are the 25 oldest that are still operating in Maine.

Mary Josephine Ray of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, is the oldest person on record to ever live in the state of New Hampshire. She passed away at the age of 114 and 294 days in 2010.

From sweet treats to iconic sandwiches, here are 10 of the oldest bars and restaurants in Portland, Maine, that have endured and thrived over time.

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.

She's an absolute rockstar.

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

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.

From sweet treats to iconic sandwiches, here are six of the oldest restaurants in Portland, Maine, that have endured and thrived over time.

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