The Neponset River Greenway is a plan to connect existing and proposed Boston parkland stretching across Hyde Park, Mattapan and Dorchester and the Town of Milton. When complete, the Neponset River Greenway will be a ten mile multi-use recreational trail from the mouth of the Neponset River to the 894-acre Fowl Meadows at the city [...]
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Old North Church
He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,– One if by land, and two if by sea; – excerpt from “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry Wadsworth [...]
Ames Nowell State Park
Ames Nowell State Park in Abington is delightful little park a centered around Cleveland Pond. The park includes a picnic area, ball field and several miles of trails along the pond edge and through the surrounding woods. It’s a great spot in Abington and a good spot for inclusion on the 1,000 Great Places in [...]
Mary Baker Eddy Historic House
Stoughton has a single entry on the list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. The Mary Baker Eddy Historic House sits on the busy Central Street, just west of the Christmas Tree Shoppes retail road. The story of the house (from the Longyear Museum): Having been deserted by her husband, Daniel Patterson, the future Mary [...]
Sullivan’s on Castle Island
There are very few restaurants on the list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. The ones that are on the list, as far I’ve seen so far are contained in buildings of historic significance. Somehow, Sullivan’s made the list. Castle Island was already on the list, so it seem strange that to also name Sullivan’s [...]
Castle Island
Castle Island is the most mis-named of the place on the list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. It’s neither a “castle” nor an “island”. We should forgive the “island” label since it once was an island. Boston has a long historic of filling in the harbor and its rivers to create new livable land [...]
Borderland State Park
In 1906, Oakes Ames and his wife Blanche purchased land on the border of Sharon and Easton. The country estate they named “Borderland” remained in the family for 65 years. In 1971, two years after the death of Blanche Ames, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acquired the estate and opened it as a state park. The [...]
Ames Free Library
I restarted my quest to visit the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts by visiting the Children’s Museum of Easton. The Ames Free Library was only one block away, so I needed to pay it a visit. Oliver Ames II left $50,000 in his will for the construction and support of a library for the benefit [...]
The Children’s Museum of Easton
In addition to getting back to writing for GeekDad, I’m also trying to continue my quest to visit the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. How about combining the two? The Children’s Museum of Easton has been on my list of places to visit for several years and I finally got around to making the trip [...]
Higgins Armory Museum
With all the snow on the ground, I was getting a little snow crazy. So it was back to the list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. I packed up the kids in the family truckster and we ended up in Worcester at the Higgins Armory Museum. It had caught my eye, but I have [...]
