Waterfront and beach access real estate is the specialty of this region. Choose a stately luxury home of Lake Winnipesaukee or perhaps a secluded cabin on Lake Winnisquam. New Hampshire's Lakes region includes the towns of Gilford, Center Harbor, Moultonboro, Tuftonboro, Meredith, Wolfeboro, Alton, New Durham and more.

273 Golden Ponds visitors love to be "on." Lake Winnipesaukee, 72 sq. miles, is the most popular and largest lake in the state, featuring vacation destinations such as Weirs Beach and Wolfeboro, and attractions including the MS Mount Washington. Squam Lake, the original "Golden Pond" is home to nesting loons. This mid-state region borders Maine on the east.

Highlights: Daniel Webster, statesman and orator, was born in Franklin. (Webster wrote the oft-quoted tribute to the Old Man of the Mountain: "Up in the Mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men."