A slice of pork pie with brown gravy is a favorite Franco-American dish at Chez Vachon in Manchester, N.H. The city has many touchstones of French-Canadian heritage.

Several men gather for a Franco-American meal at Chez Vachon.

Waitress Carla Holden delivers heaping plates of pork pie and poutine at Chez Vachon.

The restaurant is famous for its poutine.

Amoskeag Mill No. 3 contains both the SEE Science Center and the Millyard Museum.

The detail of the Lego Millyard Project extends down to the work force pouring out of one of the mills.

The Lego Millyard Project in Manchester's SEE Science Center captures the immense sprawl of the Amoskeag mills.

An angel stands sentinel outside Sainte-Marie church.

The soaring interior and beautiful decoration of Sainte-Marie attests to the power of faith among Manchester's Franco-American community.

At the Credit Union Museum, attorney Joseph Boivin's office is preserved just as it appeared when the St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association was founded in 1908.