Not the store my mom would have owned in a Foxy town selling motorized fun. (MA)
Name of a Yacht Club with 2 words. The first could be deciduous or evergreen, the second word is a term used for the result of a drill. (MA)
The name of this lighthouse has 6 letters. For the first 3 letters, think of what you use to open a door and then remove the "K". For the last 3 letters think of a type of music that is associated with "Two-Tone". (MA)
Former Whaling Captains house built in 1868, notable as it has two whale bones outside marking the entrance. (MA)
A deep fissure in the earth halfway between heaven and hell. (MA)
Former home of Herman Melville, named after the pointy end of a flying stick rather than a white whale. (MA)
A monument to the revolutionary war erected in 1799. It's near the Buckman Tavern, where local militiamen emerged to face the British and suffered the first casualties of the revolutionary war. (MA)
The launch site for the world's first liquid-powered rocket flight by Robert H Goddard on March 16th, 1926. (MA)
A small island with 2 lighthouses, named after an old roofer. The lights are visible from a beach named with a combination of 2 words. The first, a 3 letter term for a high throw, the second a common English word for a treat of hard candy on a stick. (MA)
Granite marker for the site of the oldest man-made tidewater canal in the USA, dug in 1820. (MA)
Mill and Mill Village, which was home to the first large-scale test of the high-speed sawyer spindle. (RI)
Site of a deadly battle in the ocean state on August 29th, 1778. (RI)
A place where horses fly round and round. (RI)
If Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, Pugsley et al built a fort. (RI)
A museum honoring a legendary yacht builder and America's cup-winning boat builder. (RI)
The very Southern end of 77. (RI)
Town in Rhode Island that was home to Domina Jalbert, creator of the ram air parafoil and modern steerable parachute. (RI)
In a place which could be a hill made of timepieces stands a light for all to see. (RI)
Fairytale-like, round, turreted building with massive wooden doors on a structure engineered by Caleb Mills Saville, he did the whole damn thing. (CT)
Monument to Soldiers and Sailors who gave their lives in the Revolutionary, Mexican, and Civil Wars. The monument is 112 feet tall and was designed by Alexander Doyle and John M Moffit. The monument sits atop a 366-foot ridge and was completed in 1887. (CT)
A place with a big Yellow sign proclaiming "Food and Books" for the eager traveler. (CT)
The beach of a town named after a world war 2 American tank. (CT)
A single-lane covered bridge constructed by a father and son team over the Housatonic River, constructed originally in 1760 and rebuilt in 1842. (CT)
North East of East Thompson lies a granite marker marking a division between states. (CT)
Oldest Bird Sanctuary in the USA, founded in 1914 by Mabel Osgood Wright. (CT)
A state park that shares part of its name with a brand of tea. The park was established in 1949 and is at a location where a large depression in the ground forms a pond. (CT)
Park area that was "found" during tax mapping in the 1950s (The name is in the clue). (CT)
This monument was built to commemorate a battle that occurred on August 16, 1777, and is considered to be the turning point in the Revolutionary War. Here Brigadier General John Stark and his American forces successfully defeated two detachments of British General John Burgoyne's invading army. (VT)
A dam named after a Spherical mountain, near a town in the Caribbean. (VT)
You won't find a rock here, but you will find a notch where Calvin Coolidge is buried, some say, it's the dead center of town. (VT)
The most Northern American Legion post in, just ask Jay. (VT)
In the namesake of a town in Kent, Great Britain, lies a bridge named after Janice. (VT)
A ladder for Pisces in a town named after a blacksmith's blowing device. (VT)
A covered bridge between two towns over a creek named after the animal featured in the movie, "Ring of Bright Water". (VT)
Where a giant ape known as Connie holds up a rusty beetle. (VT)
Museum dedicated to the motorized method of getting around on snow with little effort. (NH)
In a town named after a color, stands a 15-foot tall lumberjack. (NH)
A fort, cunningly designed to resemble a battleship to fool the Nazis in WW2 in a town allegedly the smallest and the furthest east in the state. (NH)
Home to the internationally known "Wickedest Man in the World", this former Englishman's magickal cabin. (NH)
A 200-foot iron cable suspended footbridge, known as the Swing Bridge, was built in 1889. (NH)
A cold war rocket, installed in a public park in 1971 to honor Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard. (NH)
With its home in a place famous for its notch this museum is all about going downhill. (NH)
A famous horror author's home (ME).
Very likely to be the only one left in the USA, this bridge spans the Carrabassett River. (ME)
A house built in 1825 by George W. Bourne, the house's known for its likeness to a fondant treat used in a major life ceremony. (ME)
Statue to celebrate the world's last working hand crank magneto telephone system in the USA which closed in 1981. (ME)
Craft store and showroom for the exceptional skills and abilities of some inmates incarcerated in the Maine prison system. (ME)
Candy Striped Lighthouse was built in 1858, which features its original third-order Fresnel lens allowing its beam to be seen up to 18 miles away. It's about as far east as you can go. (ME)
One of a kind bridge that was built in 1927 and held together with gravity alone. (ME)
World's largest rotating globe. (ME)
All entrants must be current members of New England Triumph Owners MCC and have an active membership for the duration of the full calendar year.
All entrants must declare their intention to take part by responding to the invite by e-mail. The response must include the color, year, model, and license plate number of the Triumph motorcycle or motorcycles they will be riding to each landmark.
All entrants are requested to document their visit to a location with a picture or video of their motorcycle either with the landmark or location in view, the license plate of the motorcycle should be clearly visible. The date and time of the visit will be required for the picture/video when submitted. Please submit all submissions to newenglandtomcc@gmail.com, please put “Landmark Challenge” in the title of your e-mail. All submissions must be received by December 31, 2021, by 11:59 PM.
In the event of a tie, the entrant with the quickest time to get all 50 locations will be the winner, if no one gets all 50, then the winner will be the one who has the most correct locations recorded.
The winner of the challenge will receive a 1-year TOMCC membership renewal as the prize or as part of the prize for completing all/most of the landmarks.
The winner will be announced formally during the next New England Triumph Owners MCC AGM/Monthly Meet-Up on January 8, 2022.
If any clue is unclear or misleading it should be raised directly with the branch committee via e-mail to newenglandtomcc@gmail.com. Please put “Landmark Challenge” in the title of your message. Any clue changes will be updated and shared with all entrants.
This is supposed to be a fun challenge and not a race, please abide by all the local road rules and restrictions for the location you are riding in. The responsibility for safe and legal riding lies fully on the entrant who is solely responsible for their safety alone.
Navigational aids are permitted to get you to the desired location, but you’ll have to figure out the clues yourself prior to entering them.
The TOMCC and/or New England Triumph Owners MCC accept no responsibility for any damages or injuries that may occur during participation in this challenge.
Teaming up with other riders for the company is permitted even if they are not formally part of the challenge.
If you are planning to ride as a group to any of the clues, please feel free to share the experience with other club members who may just be interested in riding along.
The organizers of the challenge, the New England Triumph Owners MCC branch committee, are not permitted to win the prize but can take part in any rides organized by other entrants, no clues or hints can be given during the challenge.
The organizers' decision on who has won the challenge will be final, any dispute will be reviewed by an alternate committee of three.
Updates
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