ONSET.
♪ WHITE SAND BEACHES, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, TRANQUIL SPACES, EVEN THE OCCASIONAL WHALE SIGHTING, IN THE TIDY 1.3 SQUARE MILE VILLAGE OF ONSET.
THOSE WHO LIVE HERE WILL SAY DESPITE THE OBVIOUS PHYSICAL BEAUTY, THE VILLAGE HAS TWO IMPORTANT THINGS GOING FOR IT.
NUMBER ONE EVERYTHING IS IN WALKING DISTANCE.
AND TWO, THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CANAL.
>> I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS CAPE COD, DON’T HAVE TO DO WITH BRIDGE TRAFFIC.
>> THE CAPE WITHOUT THE HASSLE.
>> IT HAS BEEN BESET BY BOOM AND BUST TIME FRAMES, ORIGINALLY HOME TO NATIVE AMERICANS, BECAME IN THE 1800S A BUSTLING RELIGIOUS RETREAT FOR SPIRITUAL PEOPLE WHO COULD COMMUNICATE
WITH THE DEAD.
IT WAS A TOURIST MECCA IN THE 1800S WHEN IT WAS THE LAST STOP ON THE TRAIN LINE -- DUKE ELLINGTON AND OTHERS PERFORMED HERE.
THE GLENCOE HOTEL SAW THOSE GLORY DAYS BEFORE CLOSING.
THIS MAN WHO OWNS THE PIZZA SHOP IN TOWN STEPPED IN WITH HIS BROTHER MARK, RENOVATED AND MODERNIZED THE HOTEL AND REOPENED IT THIS YEAR.
>> IT IS A RESTAURANT LOUNGE, 14 MONTHS.
BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING, PRIVATE PARKING FOR THE GUESTS OF THE HOTEL.
THIS HAS 130 SEAT CAPACITY WITH A FULL BAR.
MARY: ALSO THE LOUNGE DOWNSTAIRS WITH LIVE MUSIC ON THE WEEKENDS AND A KITCHEN PUMPING OUT QUALITY STEAKS AND SEAFOOD FOR BOTH VENUES.
>> IT IS A FUN TOWN.
ONSET WAS A FUN TOWN BACK IN THE DAY, IT IS GETTING BACK TO THAT.
ANTHONY: STONERIDGE RESTAURANT OWNER JUSTIN HADLEY AGREES.
HE HAS SEEN BIG CHANGES IN HIS 17 YEARS HERE, EXPANDING HIS POPULAR RESTAURANT AS THE VILLAGE HAS ATTRACTED MORE VISITORS.
A FORMER FARMER AND BANGOR, NOW A CHEF, -- BANKER, HE NOW ENJOYS BEING A CHEF.
>> I GET TO BE CREATIVE WITH MY DISHES.
I ENJOYED DECORATING THIS PLACE.
I WILL -- I HAVE DONE A LOT TO DO -- WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN SIGNS AND I REALLY ENJOYED COLLECTING NAUTICAL ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING TO BE
BORED WITH THIS JOB.
ANTHONY: ANOTHER JOB MARKS ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
IT IS THE ONLY COMMERCIAL SIGHTSEEING CRUISE TODAY.
>> GOING AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF NANTUCKET.
CALL THE GRAVE -- GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC, DOZENS WERE LOST GOING AROUND.
ANTHONY: GETTING THE CANAL BUILT PUT THE FIRST DEVELOPER INTO A GROEP C BUT DURING WORLD WAR I THE CANAL CAME OF AGE -- INTO A GROUP C BUT DURING WORLD WAR II -- BANKRUPTY BUT DURING WORLD
WAR II -- THE CRUISE GIVES YOU ALL OF THAT HISTORY AND MORE.
THE CAPTAIN AND GENERAL MANAGER, JOHN LYNCH.
>> THE ORIGINAL CANAL WAS 100 FEET WIDE AND 15 FEET DEEP.
NOW IT IS 540 FEET WIDE AND A MINIMUM OF -- IT IS THE WHITEST MAN-MADE SEA LEVEL CANAL IN THE WORLD.
>> PEOPLE COME TO VISIT OUR VICTORIAN HOTELS.
ANTHONY: IT OFFERS VIEWS OF PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND’S SUMMER WHITE HOUSE, THE MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, THE CANAL BRIDGES AND THE FISHERMEN LINING THE SHORE.
>> LOOKING BACK AT THE SHORE AND TO HEAR THE HISTORICAL PIECES OF IT GAVE ANOTHER DIMENSION.
>> GOING OVER THE BRIDGE EVERY DAY AND SEEING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND TO HEAR THE NARRATIVE ON THE CANAL AND HISTORY, WONDERFUL.
ANTHONY: HE FINDS IT IS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FOR PASSENGERS.
>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE FACT PEOPLE HAVE GONE OVER THE CANAL BUT NEVER THROUGH THE CANAL.
JUST BEAUTIFUL.
ANTHONY: THE VERY SAME THING CAN BE SAID OF THE VILLAGE OF ONSET, NOT OVER THE BRIDGE, JUST BEFORE IT.
AND BEAUTIFUL.
♪ SHAYNA: AND JOHN OF THE GLENCOE HANAU -- GLENCOE HOTEL SAID THAT WHEN THE BRIDGES WERE BUILT, THEY BROUGHT IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF TOURISTS AND
DEVELOPMENT TO THE CAPE.
ANTHONY: NOW THAT TRAFFIC HAS GOTTEN WORSE, THE BRIDGES THAT TOOK PEOPLE AWAY ARE FORCING THEM TO COME BACK BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE HASSLE.
THERE IS A BIG CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY IN -- AND ONE OF THE BIG EVENTS IS THE VISIBLE ON AUGUST 10 AS WELL.
SHAYNA: AT MANCHESTER BY THE