New England ExplorersExploration & Adventurers in New England

Sunderland Ice Cave

New England is a fantastic place for an outdoor explorer. Though it has been well explored for over 390 years, I continue to hear of exciting new discoveries made by fellow explorers. There also are many natural wonders and curious locations that had been found and then lost again, just waiting to be rediscovered.

In my over thirty years of exploring New England, I’ve found that the greatest adventures are made of eighty percent research and twenty percent of actually being out on the trail.  While extensively researching the northeast, I managed to build an extensive library of books and journals going back as far as the 1700s, and interview with locals. Though I have also been fortunate to be assisted by, and had the pleasure to aid other New England explorers I’ve met over the years, this loosely banded network of explorers has lacked the attention it deserves.

12 years ago I began to shared online some of the stranger tales of the adventures and mis-adventures some of my fellow explorers and I have experienced. Some were amusing, scary and often just plain weird. These were the most entertaining of the stories my close friends frequently wanted to hear over and over. Though they were enjoyable to tell, they were not the most serious, engaging or exciting.

After some thought over the past year, I decided it was about time to start to share the more sober and exhilarating experiences we’ve had. That is why I decide to create this blog. Though it will begin as a place to share some stories with the arm chair explorers, I hope to also share some of the resources, leads and even some locations we’ve collected over the years.

I hope you enjoy the stories and look forward to hearing about your adventures while exploring New England.

~Michael
editor@neexplorers.org