Places Archive

Nantucket Island Tours

Nantucket Island Tours offers narrated sightseeing tours exploring Nantucket’s history, landmarks, beaches, and island neighborhoods. Departing from Straight Wharf, the tours guide visitors through downtown Nantucket, ’Sconset, Sankaty Head Lighthouse, and other scenic and historic locations while sharing stories about the island’s whaling past and local culture. Designed for visitors looking for a broad introduction to Nantucket, the tours provide a relaxed and informative way to experience the island.

Marine Home Center

Marine Home Center is a Nantucket home improvement and building supply store offering hardware, lumber, paint, tools, appliances, kitchen products, outdoor supplies, and home essentials. The website features products and services for homeowners, contractors, and seasonal property projects, along with delivery services, equipment rentals, and departments supporting construction, renovation, maintenance, and everyday island living needs.

Nantucket Home Magazine

The Nantucket Real Estate Book features Nantucket real estate listings, vacation rentals, island homes, waterfront properties, and land listings from local real estate companies. The website includes property searches, rental searches, featured properties, and real estate resources designed to help buyers, sellers, renters, and visitors explore the Nantucket real estate market and seasonal island accommodations.

Hy-Line Cruises

Travel to Nantucket with Hy-Line Cruises, offering high-speed passenger ferry service from Hyannis in about one hour. With frequent departures and easy boarding, it’s one of the fastest, most convenient ways to reach the island.

Jonathan Raith & Co.

Jonathan Raith & Co is a boutique building development company focusing exclusively on residential design and construction of fine homes on Nantucket. Projects range in size from cottages to expansive estates, and attention to detail is paramount. We work with a team of professionals from architects to landscapers who share our passion & philosophy.

Island Weaves

Island Weaves is a working Nantucket weaving studio creating handwoven textiles, rugs, throws, shawls, upholstery, and home décor using non mechanized floor looms. Located on Hooper Farm Road, the studio produces heirloom quality woven pieces crafted from natural fibers including silk, alpaca, mohair, linen, and cotton. Many pieces are custom woven in small batches, with designs inspired by Nantucket living and traditional textile craftsmanship.

Melissa Dudley Designs

We offer handcrafted jewelry inspired by the ocean’s allure and Nantucket’s heritage. Our collection features unique commemorative coins, Sailors’ Valentine pendants, reversible bracelets, and luxurious 14k gold & diamond pieces. Each creation blends tradition with style, creating captivating, beautiful jewelry that adds Nantucket’s charm to your look.

Alan S.W. Reed

Alan S.W. Reed creates Nantucket lightship and friendship baskets from his Nantucket workshop. The studio features new, vintage, and antique Nantucket baskets, with baskets woven and assembled on island using handcrafted components and traditional techniques.

Fisher Real Estate

Fisher Real Estate provides Nantucket real estate sales and vacation rental services with access to island homes, waterfront properties, land listings, and seasonal accommodations. The website features property searches, rental searches, market information, and local real estate resources designed to help buyers, sellers, renters, and homeowners navigate Nantucket real estate and island properties throughout the year.

Merlos Landscaping

Since 2001, all of us at Merlos Landscaping have been re-imagining Nantucket’s outdoor spaces with ingenuity and careful artistry. As a family owned business, we’ve created a close-knit culture of landscapers that don’t just construct or build – but express and elevate the land’s natural beauty. From full-service lawn care to off-beat garden designs, we aim to make a statement with every project, and always work within Nantucket’s many micro-environments to promote healthy spaces that last. Conception, installation, long-term maintenance – no matter which step of the process we’re on, we’re always working to complete your vision and enrich Nantucket’s native environment.