Best place to reenact Fly Away Home

Best place to hug trees

Best place to play pickup games with the housebound

Best slam dunks

Best place to wreck your two-wheeler

Best place to tweak your two-wheeler

Best reason to follow the Red Sox

Best excuse to ignore the Red Sox

Best political stance

Best professional sports substitute

Best sports rumor

Best historical monument for winter high jinks

Best place to escape this mortal plane

Best spot for sentimental transcendental reflection

Best place to trespass

Best place to reread Johnny Tremain

Best place to feel like a kid discovering the wonders of nature

Best military experience for toddlers

Best place to fantasize about picking off redcoats

Best opportunity to meet Prince Charles

Best place to watch a robin and a rat frolic in the wild

Best spot to look at plovers

Best way to go to the Cape without crossing the bridge

Best nude swimming hole

Best gorge-ous hike

Best way for an Allston rocker to experience nature

Best Northeast Kingdom hideout

Best view

Best steam-powered subway

Best underrated historical site

Best old-fashioned ski hill

Best place to get your lumps

Best salt-marsh treat

Best inspiration for a meal worthy of Julia Child