Truro Historical Museum and Highland Light
Light House Road via Highland Rd., +1 508-487-3397, (http://trurohistorical.org/). Admission $4 for one, $6 for both, under 12 free must be 51 inches (1.3 m tall to climb the lighthouse). The oldest lighthouse on Cape Cod, originally built in 1797, rebuilt in 1857, and one of the most powerful lights on the East Coast, with a beam reaching 23 miles offshore. Perched on one of the highest cliffs 120 ft (40 m) on the Cape, it was moved back from the edge of the cliff in 1996. The museum, built in 1907 as an inn for tourists, is interesting in itself, but also has 17th century firearms, shipwreck mementos, early fishing and whaling gear, a pirateâs chest and much more.
