>> THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RIDGES OF
THE GRANITE STATE, THE LUSH
FARMLAND OF VERMONT, THE MAINE
COAST, AND THE SOFT SANDS OF OUR
ATLANTIC BEACHES.
FOR SUCH A TINY REGION, NEW
ENGLAND IS PACKED WITH VARIETY.
TRAVEL THESE DAYS HAS GOTTEN A
BIT COMPLICATED.
THE GOOD NEWS, ALL OF THAT CAN
BE FOUND RIGHT HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
A LOOK AT WHAT IS RIGHT HERE IN
OUR OWN BACKYARD.
IN THE BAY STATE, TOP NATURAL
WONDERS.
>> WHERE BETTER TO BEGIN THAN
WHERE THE WORLD AND?
THE VERY FARTHEST REACHES OF
MARTHA’S VINEYARD.
>> I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
THIS WAS OUR PLAYGROUND GROWING
UP.
>> A MEMBER OF THE TRIBE IS WELL
KNOWN FOR HER COLORFUL JEWELRY
MADE FROM LOCAL SHELLS.
SHE OPERATES OUT OF ONE OF THE
LITTLE SHOPS AT THE TOP OF THESE
CLIFFS.
SHE SAYS THE TOWERING CLAY
CLIFFS LOOM LARGE IN TRIBAL
IDENTITY.
>> OUR LEADER BROUGHT US HERE
AND HE WOULD CATCH WHALES AND
CUT THEM.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE RED CLAY.
HE WOULD START FIRES AND THAT IS
WHAT THE BLACK CLAY IS MADE OF.
>> I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.
WE FIRST STARTED COMING UP HERE,
IT BECAME KNOWN AS A NECKING BEA
CH.
WE HAD ALL KINDS OF DEBAUCHERY
AND FUN IN THE SUN.
>> A NATIVE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
HIS FAMILY SUMMERED ON THE
VINEYARD EVERY YEAR.
THEN HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE.
SHE WAS THE GREAT GREAT
GRANDDAUGHTER OF A LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPER.
THEY DECIDED TO PUT DOWN ROOTS
AND STARTED HOME.
>> I BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 1971.
I WAS A HIPPIE IN THOSE DAYS.
 IN 1989, THE TAILORS OPENED
THEIR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC AREA
THE OUTERMOST IN HAS SEVEN
GUESTROOMS AND A MAGICAL
SETTINGN.
>> EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN HERE
IS COMING FOR WHAT WE ORDINARILY
WOULD TAKE GRANTED AFTER BEING
HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
THEY REMIND US EVERY TIME THEY
WALKED IN THE DOOR OF HOW LUCKY
WE ARE TO BE HERE.
 TRAVELING THEY’LL FROM THE
HEAVENLY STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE
DEPTHS OF PURGATORY.
>> WE LOVE COMING HERE.
WE COME HERE EVERY DAY -- YEAR
ON MOTHER’S DAY.
>> THIS FAMILY IS ON THEIR
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO PURGATORY
CHASM.
IT IS A QUARTER-MILE LONG GORGE
THAT LOOKS LIKE A GEOLOGICAL
CRIME SCENE.
THINK OF PURGATORY CHASM AS THE
HAUNTED HOUSE IT A NATURAL
THEMEPARK WITH FEATURES LIKE A
LOVER’S FEET, A COFFIN, AND
DEVILS BOLTED -- PULPIT.
>> YOU MADE IT.
NICE JOB.
>> WHAT I THINK IS SO
INTERESTING IS IT IS A PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR HANDS
RIGHT ON THIS FASCINATING
GEOLOGY.
 HE IS A GEOLOGIST AT NICHOLS
COLLEGE.
HE SAYS IT IS A BIT LIKE A
POTHOLE, A CRACK THAT WATER AND
ICE FROM A GLACIER EXPANDED AND
ENTERED WITH FOLDERS --
BOULDERS.
>> STUDENTS ARE NOT EASILY AWED
BY THING.
BUT THEY ARE ALL BY THIS.
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU ARE TWO
YEARS OLD OR 95 YEARS OLD.
THIS PLACE HAS THE ABILITY TO
CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION.
>> I WILL FOLLOW IN A CAVE.
>> THEY CELEBRATE EVERY MOTHER’S
DAY BY DRAGGING THEIR DEAR MOM
THROUGH THIS EERIE NETHERWORLD.
>> IT IS A UNIQUE PLACE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT WE HAVE
EVER BEEN TO.
IT IS A FUN BONDING EXPERIENCE.
>> IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC, OUTERMOST INN ON
MARTHA’S VINEYARD HAS DECIDED
NOT TO ACCEPT OVERNIGHT GUESTS
THIS SUMMER.
BUT THEIR RESTAURANT HAS JUST
OPENED FOR THE SEASON, MAKING
USE OF THE OUTDOOR PATIO FOR
DINNERS AND BRUNCH
SOCIALLY DISTANT, BUT IN A
SETTING THAT
