The funnest puzzle I've come across.  As a bonus, a really nice multi brings you to a cache nice enough to stand on its own.

A Tour of Pop Culture

Best falls I've seen in New England.  Nice climb to get to them too!

Arethusa Falls

This area of Pawtuckaway is just fabulous - lots of fun to explore.  This is a standout cache of the area and provides you with a puzzle to take home and think about.

Big Alien Green Thing

A little geo-history, but also a great hike.  Go on a clear day and don't miss the view from Holt Hill on the way.

Boston Hill

I waited with anticipation for over a year to do this one.  When I finally did it, it did not disappoint.  The hike and location wasn't at all what I expected, but the final location is great.  You could easily spend an hour or more poking around.  Do this one in deep winter for an easy walk.  I'll bet this is a much bigger challenge otherwise.

Camp Nasty

One of the milestone caches in the Captain McGregore series and also my favorite of the series.  The series as a whole really belongs in my top 1%.  Since you more or less have to do all of them to get this one, this is a good one for the list.  

Captain McGregore and the Treasure Room

I think Cardigan Mountain is the biggest bang scenery-wise for your hiking/climbing buck.  

Cardigan

Some great lawn ornamentation that would be completely missed without Geocaching.  The whole family was along for this one and we all had a lot of fun.

Castles of South Hero

The whole ALICETOIDS series was great - this was my favorite of them all.

Cheshire Cat - ALICETOIDS Series 7/10

My favorite natural things - glacial erratics.

Churchill Rock - Missing Erratic

A great combination of on-line research, clever clues, and finish up with a night cache.  I enjoyed the entire clue cache series, but this one stood out.

I'm sorry to see this series go [:(].  It's worth trying to solve just for the fun of it.

Cousin Pattys clue cache

A great tour of Manchester's mills.  A very interesting multi that gives you a flavor of some of the history of this area.

NOTE: Although I am the owner of this cache, it is mine through adoption, so I'm keeping it on my top 1%.

Dark Satanic Mills

It's a long, boring hike.  But, the top of the mountain is a huge payoff both in view and geology.

Devils Cache

A great and challenging adventure among the glacial droppings.  I love glacial droppings!  This is one of the best in the area.  Also, as a bonus, don't miss the nearby Hodgeman's Hideout which gets a honorable mention for this list.

Devil's Kitchen

A great (mis)adventure getting to this one.  Lots of fun.

Dos Equis

I really enjoyed this cache - from touring the nice city of Winchester to using the satellite image to navigate.  Lots of fun.

Funny Money (a.k.a. The Winchester Tour)

I love the trail that leads directly to this cache.  Something neat at almost every turn. 

Geo Scouts - OA - Ordeal

This was a very pleasant surprise.  What looks like a ho hum cache at a kitschy tourist restaurant turns out to be an extraordinary nautical graveyard.

He's a bad buoy....

A tough, challenging cache that requires lots of navigation skills.   Just an overall great cache that teaches you a lot and challenges all your mapping and orienteering skills.  Plan on multiple hours for this one.  The fact that this was only my 12th cache made it even more challenging.

Horse Hill Multiple Choice

The entire Excelsior! series is a great work.  This cache ties them all together, so this one makes it to the list.

Longfellow  - Excelsior!

My favorite 1% of caches I've done in no particular order or particular area.  I figure 1 out of every 100 is an elite list.  I haven't included any of my caches on this list, but I think several of them would make it on this list.

NOTE - I've decided to keep some archived caches on the list only because they should not be dropped off my elite list just because they have been archived.

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