Once on the small beach, steps from the main strip of Oak Bluffs ... at the park’s ornate gazebo. Weaving through the charming, pastel-colored gingerbread cottages, I saw people gathered ...

A fourth-generation innkeeper at Shearer Cottage, she said the inn was the backdrop of her family’s life. As a young girl growing up in Malden, Van Allen spent summers in Oak Bluffs, helping her ...

Initially established in 1880 as Cottage City, within 30 years, the town had outgrown its name and was reincorporated in 1907 as Oak Bluffs. While the Vineyard’s first Black occupants were ...

You'll find the Camp Meeting Grounds on Trinity Park in Oak Bluffs at the northeastern corner of the island. A visit to the grounds is free year-round but admission to the Cottage Museum costs $3 ...