STONE. WE STARTED THIS MYSTERY. MAIN STREETS AND BACK ROADS WITH STONE WALLS. BUT A BIGGER CLUE MAY BE THIS STONE HOUSE. SO IT WAS BUILT IN 1854 BY THE SISSON FAMILY. FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE’VE JUST HAD IT AS AN OPERATIONAL INN WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND ESCAPE THE BUSY LIVES THAT THEY HAVE AND JUST RELAX. LIKE THE WILBUR FAMILY, THE SISSON FAMILY HAD DEEP ROOTS IN TOWN, AS EVIDENCED BY THE STATUE OF CIVIL WAR HERO COLONEL HENRY SISSON. LOOK FAMILIAR? REMEMBER FRED BRIDGEWATER, BURIAL GROUND EXPERT? MY GRANDMOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME WAS SISSON, AND THEY WERE COUSINS. FAMILIAL CONNECTIONS ARE COMMON IN TOWN, AS ARE FAMILY SECRETS. THERE ARE RUMORS. I’M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE THEY ARE THAT IN THE 1800S THAT MR. SISSON ACTUALLY COLLECTED SOME OF THESE ROCKS FROM THE POINT. AND WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE BREAKWATER OUT THERE, HE ACTUALLY WAS USING THOSE STONES FOR HIS HOUSE. OPEN THE WINDOWS AND YOU’LL HEAR OUR NEXT CLUE. A LOT OF OUR GUESTS HEAR THE BIRDS IN THE MORNING OR THE WAVES ON A DAY THAT THEY’RE CRASHING AGAINST THE BEACH. IT’S REALLY PRETTY HERE. OKAY, SO WE’RE IN A PRETTY COASTAL TOWN. THAT COMBINATION OFTEN INSPIRES SOME PRETTY COASTAL ART. THIS COMMUNITY IS NO EXCEPTION. AS WE SEE DURING A VISIT TO THE STUDIO OF LOCAL. GLASSBLOWER SHANE DOREY. I WAS INTERESTED IN ART ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. MY PARENTS GOT ME A PAMPHLET OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT ART COURSES THAT I COULD TAKE, AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CHOOSE THREE AND THEY WOULD PLACE YOU IN ONE. AND MY THIRD CHOICE WAS GLASSBLOWING. OKAY. SO YOUR THIRD CHOICE BECAME YOUR FIRST CHOICE. I MEAN, FIRE AND ART. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR? RIGHT? YOU’RE LIKE PLAYING WITH LAVA. THE SEA IS KIND OF MYSTERIOUS. THE FLUID NATURE OF ALMOST ALL OF THE CREATURES THAT LIVE IN IT LEND ITSELF REALLY WELL TO SCULPTING OUT OF GLASS. DOREY HAS DEVELOPED A STYLE BASED ON LIFELIKE DETAILS, COLOR AND TEXTURE. MY STYLE IS SIMPLER. KEEP THE HOT GLASS OFF THE FLOOR. I KIND OF WANT TO MESS UP THE SHELL. THERE YOU GO. YOU’RE DOING GREAT. DORI’S WORK ISN’T LIMITED TO BEACH BEAUTIES LIKE THIS. RECENTLY, HE’S BEEN INSPIRED TO FOLLOW HIS HEART. IT WAS VALENTINE’S DAY, AND I WAS SO SICK OF SEEING ALL THE GLASS BLOWERS MAKING SYMBOLIC LITTLE CHEESY HEARTS. AND I WAS LIKE, HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO SEE, LIKE, A REALISTIC, GNARLY HEART? SO IF YOU’RE SHOPPING FOR HEARTS OR HORSESHOE CRABS, OUR MYSTERY TOWN IS THE RIGHT PLACE. BUT IF YOU’D PREFER SOMETHING FUZZIER, IF YOU TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT’S FURRY OUT OF GLASS, IT ALWAYS LOOKS RIDICULOUS. ART IS ABUNDANT IN OUR MYSTERY TOWN, FOUND EVERYWHERE FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CEILING TO THIS ART CAFE, A POPULAR GATHERING SPOT FOUNDED BY LOCAL FRIENDS JOSIE ARKIN AND JUDITH WORTHEN. JOSIE AND I CAME TOGETHER AND JUST WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SHOW ART AND A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE WHERE YOU’RE JUST POURING YOUR COFFEE. THERE ARE ART CLASSES MOST WEDNESDAYS, BUT THIS COZY, DOG FRIENDLY CREW GATHER DAILY FOR COFFEE AND CONVERSATION. A THROWBACK TO THE CAFE’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. I FOUND AN ESPRESSO MACHINE IN OLD TIME ESPRESSO MACHINE FROM ITALY AT A THRIFT SHOP, AND I PURCHASED IT FOR LIKE $20 OR SOMETHING, AND THE DARN THING WORKED. ALL THE MOTHERS STARTED COMING TO THE HOUSE AND WE’D BE MAKING CAPPUCCINOS, AND SOMEBODY SAID, OH, YOU SHOULD DO YOUR OWN COFFEE SHOP. AND I JUST LAUGHED AT THE TIME. NOW, AFTER 19 YEARS IN BUSINESS, IT’S JUST ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES SHARED BY THE FIRE, WHICH BURNS DAILY. WE HAVE FISHERMEN COMING IN, TELLING FISH STORIES. WE HAVE CARPENTERS COMING IN, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS COMING IN. IT’S PRETTY AMAZING. AND THE STONE HOUSE INN HAS BEEN SEVERAL THINGS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING A DENTAL OFFICE. WELL, NO DENTIST CHAIRS TODAY, JUST 16 QUIRKY ROOMS NAMED AFTER MEMBERS OF THE SISSON FAMILY AND LOCAL WILDLIFE. ONE FORMERLY CALLED EAGLE