Old North Church
by 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 …
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Gravestone Peeping at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is America’s first landscaped cemetery. Apparently that distinction entitled it to two entries on the list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. …
Hiking up to the Blue Hills Observatory
The 38th stop our quest to visit the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts was 635 feet up in the air. The Blue Hills Observatory sits …
Boston’s Athenaeum
The Boston Athenæum is a private library on Beacon Hill that first opened its doors in 1807. For those of you (like me) who wondered …
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 …
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 …
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 …