You wonder what The Clintons, Tom Welling, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ted Danson and Mary Steenbergen, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Peter Simon, Alfred Eisenstadt, Dan Aykroyd , Jim Belushi, and Donna Dixon, Spike Lee, Michael J. Fox, William F. Buckley, Alan Dershowitz, former US Senator Bill Bradley, Diana Ross, Beverly Sills, Art Buchwald, Walter Cronkite, Dorothy West, Mike Wallace, David Letterman, David McCullough, the late Katherine Graham, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and Meg Ryan... have in common?

Yes, they all prefer to visit the unique Martha's Vineyard island. This amazing place with many things to explore, live, taste and drink.

 Originally (and still) inhabited by the Wampanoag Indians, Martha's Vineyard was known in their language as Noepe, or "land amid the streams". It was named Martha's Vineyard by the English explorer, Bartholomew Gosnold, who sailed to the island in 1602. Gosnold's mother-in-law as well as his daughter, who died in infancy, were each named Martha. The original name of the island was Martin's Vineyard (after the captain of Gosnold's ship, John Martin); many islanders up to the 1700s called it by this name. The United States Board on Geographic Names worked to standardize placename spellings in the late 19th century, including the dropping of apostrophes.

Thus for a time Martha's Vineyard was officially named Marthas Vineyard, but the Board reversed its decision in the early 20th century, making Martha's Vineyard one of the few placenames in the United States today with a possessive apostrophe.

Events and Places

Many events will attract you in this place and its cities. For example:

In Edgartown: 4th of July fireworks, Edgartown Ghost Tour, 12 Meter Boat Race at the Edgartown Yacht Club (Featuring many winning America's Cup boats), Year end sale at Candy Bazaar.

In Oak Bluffs: Illumination Night, Oak Bluffs Harbour Festival, July and August fireworks, Oak Bluffs Ghost Tour, Juneteenth Celebration at Oak Bluffs School, Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament (covered on ESPN)

Also famous scenic landmarks, stores and locations are:

Chilmark

• Menemsha Harbor (sunset location of the island)
• Menemsha Pond (great for sailing of kayaking)
• the Bite ( #10 in nation fry shack)
• Remnants of the JAWS boats
• Lucy Vincent Beach (LVB)
• Arabella Boat tours
• Larsens Fish Market
• The Homeport
• Squid row
• Menemsha Deli
• The Galley

Edgartown

• Edgartown Lighthouse
• The Wharf
• The Wharf Restaurant
• Mad Martha's Ice Cream
• Murdick's Fudge
• Dock Street Cafe
• Outerland (formerly The Hot Tin Roof)
• The Movie Theatre
• Edgartown Books
• The Chappy Ferry (as seen in the movie Jaws)
• Edgartown Yacht Club
• Edgartown Harbor
• Edgartown Seafood
• The Bike Shop
• Mad Max Boat Tours
• The Seafood Shanty
• The Sun Dog
• Letoile Restaurant

Katama

• Right Fork Diner at the Edgartown Air Field
• South Beach
• Katama General Store
• Mattakesett
• The Farm Institute
• The Boat Landing
• Katama Bay (popular for kayaking)

Oak Bluffs

• The Flying Horses Carousel (The oldest operating carousel in the United States)
• The Island and Strand Movie theatres
• Gingerbread Cottages
• Oak Bluffs Harbor
• Martha's Vineyard Ferry dock (Transport to Woods Hole, MA)
• Oak Bluffs Public Library
• East Chop Lighthouse
• Tabernacle
• Gazebo
• Hiawatha Park
• Dick's bait and tackle

West Tisbury

• Alley's General Store
• Summer IMPers performances at the Grange Hall

• Lambert's cove beach (LCB)
• tri town dank

A huge amount of information for this place can also be drawn by a variety of web sites that present the Martha's Vineyard way of living and how to get to the island, and where to stay. A few of them we present here as a small point of start: http://www.mvol.com/, http://www.marthasvineyardhistory.org, Martha's Vineyard Guide, Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce

Video Footage from Martha's Vineyard.

Weel check these amateur or professional videos from people and journalists that actually visited the place:

From YouTube. Click here
From Google Videos. Click here

Well, the rest is up too you. Visit this unique destination. If you have shareable knowledge, feel free to send it over. We wish you an excellent life.

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