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When Bostonians say they’re going to “the Cape,” they’re generally talking about Cape Cod. Fewer people consider regular weekends at the northern Cape. The Other Cape. Cape Ann. And that’s a shame because, Cape Ann is equally convenient, usually much less crowded, and lovely at any time of year.

Cape Ann is literally awash in history, with a maritime past going back to 1623, when a group of the first European settlers encamped in Gloucester after judging it the best fishing grounds in the New World. As the oldest seaport — and one of the most productive in the nation — Gloucester has inspired writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Longfellow, T. S. Elliot, and Charles Olson; painters such as Fitz Hugh Lane, Winslow Homer, and Marsden Hartley; and, most recently, readers of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm. —New York Times

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