Robert Frost wrote his famous poem, “The Road Not Taken,” long before group travel made an impact on the landscape of New England. But he would have surely smiled whenever a group goes off the well-traveled, bustling highways to explore the historic byways, beautiful routes that highlight the history and culture of the region.

Traveling State Route 169 in Connecticut, it is easy to erase the bustling cities and busy Interstate 95 from your mind. This historic byway takes you back in time, winding through historic villages, passing picture-postcard white churches, their white spires rising above the tops of ancient maple trees. Miles and miles of stone walls are a photogenic reminder of how early settlers wrestled farmland from this rugged landscape.

Neighboring Rhode Island is the smallest state, but its natural and architectural treasures are the perfect reminder that good things come in small packages. Route 114 on the east side of Narragansett Bay, travels from Warren to Portsmouth, through Bristol, home of America’s oldest Fourth of July parade. If your group is in the area in the summertime, the parade is a great piece of Americana. Newport attracts visitors year-round, and Ocean Drive is spectacular, incorporating the magnificent “cottages” of America’s robber barons and the spectacular, rugged coastline which attracted them here for the sailing and summer breezes. In Providence, the state capital, you can travel Benefit Street, a “mile of history,” which has over 100 historic homes ranging from early Colonial to the Victorian era.

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