Sit back.
I've got the drive.
Chargers and candy are within reach, and there's cold water up front. The Wi-Fi details are coming right up.
Team Peppermint or Team Butterscotch?
Both are in the candy dish. Grab one and pick a side.
Every Boston driver knows it.
The good news: you're not the one driving.
New Hampshire Magazine · August 2026
“Neal Fegan is better known around Londonderry as Ubah Guy Neal.”
“Our Town: The Lure of Londonderry”
The main terminal at Manchester–Boston Regional Airport is actually in Londonderry.
About half the airport sits in the northwest corner of town.
Derry native Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
That's why Derry calls itself "Spacetown."
Smart thermostat? Set it from the back seat.
Turn it down (or up, in summer) now. No reason to heat or cool an empty house while you're away.
Bump it back once you land, and the house is comfortable by the time we pull into the driveway.
Long live the king.
I'll stick to "I'm on my way."
Earn Travelah's Checks on every ride.
Redeem them for discounts and free rides. Your first reward can come after a single round trip to Boston.
Scan for details and sign-up
The Zakim Bridge honors civil rights leader Lenny Zakim and the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Bruce Springsteen played at its dedication.
Then
NowNight photo: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Windham has a castle. Searles Castle was finished in 1915 for more than $1.25 million.
Today you can rent it for weddings and events.
What was the last concert you went to?
Tell me, and I'll build you your own Pandora station from it. It'll be ready for every ride after this one.
Headed to a show? I'll get you there and back, so nobody has to be the designated driver.
Welcome to Massachusetts.
I use mine. Every time. Even on 93.
Windham Independent News, August 6, 2020. Same driver, back when the name was spelled Uber.
The Freedom Tail at Terminal D.
Put a dog relief area between C and E and give the missing letter a job. People would eat it up. You heard it here first.
Looms in a single building. Amoskeag Mill No. 11 was 900 feet long.
Manchester's Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was once the largest cotton textile plant in the world.
New York
Because we want you to know where you are and how to get there.
Boston…
Good thing you've got a driver.
Rotary rules
- Yield to cars already in the rotary.
- Nobody follows rule 1.
Fig Newtons are named after Newton, Massachusetts.
The Kennedy Biscuit Company named its new cookie after the Boston suburb.
Hudson's old Benson's Wild Animal Farm reopened as Benson Park in 2010.
It's free, with New Hampshire's largest 9/11 memorial, including a beam from the World Trade Center.
How did this happen, Dinesh?
We'll be staying on the road today.
Fresh, local baking from The Lovely Bee.
Whoopie pies, jam cookies, pretzel knots and gift boxes.
Scan to order
New driver in the house? NH Driving Academy.
Driver's ed right here in Londonderry, with classes capped at 16 students. Veteran owned and operated, getting new drivers on the road, safely.
Scan to enroll
nhdriving.com
603-434-0097
In April 1934, observers on Mount Washington measured a 231 mph wind gust.
It stood as the world record for 62 years.
Steps to the top of the 221-foot Bunker Hill Monument.
Fun twist: it stands on Breed's Hill, where the redoubt was actually built.
Robert Frost lived on a farm in Derry from 1900 to 1911.
He also taught at nearby Pinkerton Academy. The farm is now a state park, open spring through fall.
Someone waiting for you?
Scan to get my live location page, then send it to them. It shows where we are and when we'll arrive, and they don't need an app.
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Anywhere you want, you got it.
Same promise here, minus the sunglasses at night.
Photo: Megan Rogers, New Hampshire Magazine
The most common comment he hears when he drops people off at their houses?
“Looks like someone needs to cut the grass!”
Read the full story
Bridges from Litchfield to Merrimack, even though only the Merrimack River separates them.
Merrimack even owns the two river islands inside Litchfield's town line.
Coming home from abroad? Get Mobile Passport Control.
It's a free app from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Submit your passport details and a selfie on your phone, then use the dedicated line at Logan.
- U.S. citizens
- U.S. permanent residents
- Canadian visitors
- Returning Visa Waiver travelers with an approved ESTA
Scan for the app
(iPhone or Android)
Marshmallow Fluff was invented in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Archibald Query sold it door to door before selling the recipe. The Fluffernutter followed.
The Big Dig was first estimated at $2.8 billion. It finished at $14.6 billion.
It buried the elevated Central Artery, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway grew on top. Still the most expensive highway project in U.S. history.
During
AfterNew Hampshire has four seasons.
Almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
Manchester was declared the "Chicken Tender Capital of the World."
The mayor made it official in July 2023. Locals will tell you the Puritan Backroom's tenders, with duck sauce, are a big reason why.
Need a ride back? Book it before we arrive.
Choose your vehicle and time, and your confirmation lands in your calendar right away. Gift cards are on the website too.
ugn-booking.netlify.app
"I am here for you."
Well, technically, he was.
Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- Best for 1 or 2 travelers
- Trunk fits 2 large checked bags
Toyota Sienna
- Up to 6 passengers
- 5 large or 10 carry-on bags
- Up to 2 booster seats
Rooftop cargo box
- For when the bags outnumber the people
- Add it when you book
Traveling with car seats? I can hold yours until your return trip.
The Bank of NH Pavilion in Gilford opened as Meadowbrook Farm. It's had five names.
- 1996
- Meadowbrook Farm
- 2001
- Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center
- 2007
- Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
- 2013
- Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
- 2023
- BankNH Pavilion
The first Dunkin' Donuts opened in Quincy, Massachusetts.
New England has been running on it ever since.
Hudson was called Nottingham West until 1830.
The stories tying the name to Henry Hudson are just legends.
On TV and on the radio.
WMUR, May 2019, on rideshare drivers striking in Boston.
WAAF's Hill-Man Morning Show, August 2018.
TD Garden sits right on top of North Station.
The Bruins and Celtics moved in when it opened. It's been the Shawmut Center (on paper), FleetCenter and TD Banknorth Garden along the way.
No star on your license? Pay before you go.
Without a REAL ID or passport, TSA charges a $45 ConfirmID fee and checks your identity separately, which can add 10 to 30 minutes. The fee covers 10 days of travel.
Pay online at tsa.gov before you leave. You can't pay at the checkpoint.
Leaf peeper (n.)
A driver doing 25 on the Kanc in October who has no plans to pull over.
Stonyfield, the organic yogurt company, has had its headquarters in Londonderry since 1989.
Longtime locals remember when HQ had a yogurt shop open to the public, and you could tour the plant.
SNHU began as the New Hampshire School of Accounting and Secretarial Science.
Today it has well over 100,000 students, most of them online.
Neal, to New Hampshire Magazine · August 2026
“When we moved in, the neighbors came over with cookies and said, ‘Welcome to the neighborhood.’ You don't find that many places.”
Logan opened as "Boston Air Port." It became Logan in 1943.
It's named for Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan of South Boston. For its 100th year in 2023, the Terminal E expansion opened.
Then
NowOnly in New Hampshire: the highway rest areas in Hooksett have state liquor stores.
One on each side of the highway.
Londonderry was chartered in 1722. Before that, settlers called it Nutfield.
The name likely came from the area's thick woods of nut trees.