'Sconset (Siasconset) Village, Nantucket

The village the locals call 'Sconset sits on the eastern tip of Nantucket, 30 miles south of Cape Cod — a cluster of rose-covered, gray-shingled cottages grown up from what were once fishing shanties. A narrow lane paved in sea shells runs through the center, open only to foot traffic. This is one of the most intact colonial-era fishing settlement streetscapes in New England, and it looks the part.