The Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center on MA Route 2 in Lancaster is not your usual rest stop or information center. There are local products for sale along with the typical travel necessities and the kitchy architecture and decor are interesting.
John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed is a frontier horticulturist who traveled around early nineteenth century America establishing orchards of hard tart apples suitable for the production of hard cider. After his death in the years following the Civil War Chapman became a mythical folk hero with festivals, books and stories embellishing his exploits.
