For New Englanders, going “down the cape” means visiting Cape Cod, that storied Massachusetts peninsula southeast of Boston jutting 65 miles into the Atlantic Ocean and curving upward through the sea like a flexing arm. There are nearly 560 miles of coastline and even a namesake cocktail.

But if you want to avoid the mind-numbing traffic you’ll find there and still desire sandy beaches, historic art colonies, and postcard-worthy landscapes, try Massachusetts’ “other cape”: Cape Ann.

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