Chatham is a picture-post-card kind of New England town. The main street is lined with quaint shops designed to lure dead presidents from your wallet. One of the stores that I consider my favorites is The Spyglass. These folks sell ephemera from the watery parts of the world and display them with the appropriate mix of museum style and antique store jumble.
They always have a "spyglass" mounted on a tripod and pointed at a business card tacked outside the store. Your job is to peek through the lens to see the amazing magnification. I do it on every visit and still hear myself say "wow!".
Prices are pretty steep but the stuff is old and valuable so they are probably in line with their true value.
Go and get lost in the history that's displayed on their shelves.
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