Wellfleet is known for its oysters. The town is nestled among thousands of acres/hectares of uninhabited land dominated by spectacular, wind-sculpted dunes. Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, built his first radio station on one of Wellfleet's beaches in 1901.
No trace of the station remains, but the beaches are lovely and relatively quiet. Don't leave the area without visiting the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, a preserve maintained by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The Esther Underwood Johnson Nature Center is a good place to start your exploration (either on a guided tour or using a map). The nearby town of
Truro is set among heaths and moors, much like those of Scotland, and is where the
Mayflower passengers and crew first spotted land after their long trans-Atlantic voyage.
