Dr. Paul Dudley White Bicycle Path
by Only Cambridge takes credit for the Dr. Paul Dudley White Bike Path in the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. Watertown, Newton and Boston failed to …
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U.S.S. Constitution, Charlestown Navy Yard, Constitution Museum, and the U.S.S. Cassin Young
I dragged the kids over to the Charlestown Navy Yard in my continuing quest to visit and write about each of the 1,000 Great Places …
Cheers – Does Anyone Know Your Name?
The exterior shots for the TV show Cheers were filmed at the Bull & Finch Pub in Beacon Hill. The phenomenal success of the TV …
Old South Meeting House
The Old South Meeting House sits in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston. It’s a Revolutionary War vintage building. Construction ended in 1729. It was …
Boston’s Old City Hall
Old City Hall served as the center of Boston’s municipal government for nearly a decade. Old City Hall, was built between 1862 and 1865. The …
Freedom Trail
The Freedom Trail winds a 2.5 mile path along red brick or red line from the visitors center at the Boston Common and winds its …
Old State House Museum
The exterior of Boston’s Old Stat House is widely seen and photographed. By adding the Old State Museum to the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, …
Ye Olde Union Oyster House
I was getting hungry on my quest to write about each of the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, so I stopped by ye olde Union …
Boston Massacre Site
The Boston Massacre was an incident just prior to the start of the Revolutionary War. British troops were stationed in Boston to enforce some new …
Haymarket – Continuing My Quest
Next on my quest to visit each of the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts is Haymarket in Boston. Haymarket is an open-air fruit and vegetable …
Faneuil Hall
It’s no surprise that Faneuil Hall is on the list of the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. This is one of the most popular tourist …
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
I begin my formal quest to document the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. Most mornings I walk from South Station to my office along the …
More on the Son’s First Visit to the Red Sox
Last Sunday I brought The Son to his first game at Fenway Park. I wrote more about this is today’s post on GeekDad: A Visit …
Boston in the 1920’s
I came across this great video of sites around the Boston. Around the Common, the South End and the Back Bay look untouched. The financial …