Along the Way — June 1, 2026 — South Weymouth Naval Air Station

The Naval Air Station at South Weymouth opened in 1942 as a blimp base, built to run anti-submarine patrols along the North Atlantic coast during World War II. It closed for good in 1997. In between it was a lot of things — including, for a while, a holding lot for hundreds of recalled Volkswagen diesels caught up in the emissions scandal — and now it’s mostly Union Point, the housing and retail development that took over part of the site. The rest is still there.

My wife and I walked it one afternoon with the dog, no real plan other than to see what was there. I’d been to parts of the property before but never fully explored this stretch. I had the 26mm on the Zf — a lens I don’t reach for nearly enough — and the place turned out to be worth more than a quick pass.