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'Off the Path' Summer Road Trip

In 2023, Off the Path host Davis Dunavin took a summer road trip through northern New England where he explores beautiful, historic—and even mysterious—sights.
  • Librarian Emeritus Bill Ross shows off images of aliens from Betty and Barney Hill's collection at the University of New Hampshire Library.
    A 'close encounter' in New Hampshire
    Barney and Betty Hill claimed they had an encounter with aliens more than 60 years ago. Their story became the launching point for alien abductions in popular culture. And it happened — supposedly — late one night on a lonely road in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
  • The Desert of Maine: An ecological odyssey at a tourist spot
    The state of Maine has deep forests and rocky shores. It also has one small stretch of sandy dunes in the town of Freeport — that looks more like the Sahara than northern New England.
  • "Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth, on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
    Christina's World: The "enigma" and friendship behind a classic American painting
    Andrew Wyeth’s 1948 painting “Christina’s World” shows the reality of life for his longtime friend, a woman with a disability, on her farm in coastal Maine.
  • Umbrella Cover Museum founder Nancy Hoffman gives a tour to a visiting class of students.
    "Appreciate the Mundane" at a museum for umbrella covers
    A small museum on an island in Maine boasts the world’s largest collection of a specific kind of artifact: umbrella covers. Not umbrellas — just the covers.
  • Chicken Farmer I Still Love You
    There are six words spray painted on a rock along a highway near Newbury, New Hampshire. How they got there is still a mystery. Davis Dunavin took a drive up Route 103 to see the mystery rock — and maybe get some answers.
  • The view and the visionary behind the Appalachian Trail
    The Appalachian Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. It was the brainchild of an idealistic forester who drew inspiration from a mountain top in Vermont.
  • Inside Robert Frost's legendary stone house
    The beloved poet bought a home in Vermont — where he wrote some of his most famous poems, weathered family tragedy and picked lots of apples.
  • Off the Path: Trailer
    Host Davis Dunavin is back on the road as he previews his next set of adventures on a new season of Off the Path!