You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
Boston
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Brookline
Brooks Woodland Preserve
Petersham
Burial Hill
Plymouth
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit
Cambridge Historical Tours
Cambridge
Cape Ann Foodie Tours
Gloucester
Cape Cod National Seashore
Eastham
Cape Kayaking
Eatham
Captain Pollard's Flintlock Farm
Still River (in The Town Of Harvard, Ma)
The Castle at Park Plaza
Boston
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
Ipswich
Church of the Presidents, United First Parish Church, Quincy
Quincy
Codman Estate Carriage House
Lincoln
Cogswell's Grant, a Historic New England Property
Essex
Concord Visitor Center
Concord
Cricket Creek Farm
Williamstown
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
Medfield
The Daniel Webster Estate
Marshfield
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Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
One Long Wharf
Boston
617-223-8666 - B
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165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - C
Brooks Woodland Preserve
East St. And Quaker Dr.
Petersham
978-840-4446 - D
Burial Hill
School Street
Plymouth
508-830-4078 - E
Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water St
Haverhill
9783744626 - F
Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Po Box 1853
Cotuit
5084287581 - G
Cambridge Historical Tours
Harvard Square
Cambridge
617-520-4030 - H
Cape Ann Foodie Tours
Har
Gloucester
617-902-8291 - I
Cape Cod National Seashore
Salt Pond Visitor Center
Rt. 6
Eastham
508-255-3421 - J
Cape Kayaking
222 Hemenway Road
Eatham
508 247 7402 - K
Captain Pollard's Flintlock Farm
327 Still River Road, Rte. 110
P.o. Box 152
Still River (in The Town Of Harvard, Ma)
978-456-8253 - L
The Castle at Park Plaza
130 Columbus Ave.
Boston
617-450-0600 - M
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
290 Argilla Rd.
Ipswich
978.356.4351 - N
Church of the Presidents, United First Parish Church, Quincy
1306 Hancock Street
Quincy
617-773-0062 - O
Codman Estate Carriage House
34 Codman Road
Lincoln
617-994-6671 - P
Cogswell's Grant, a Historic New England Property
60 Spring Street
Essex
978-768-3632 - Q
Concord Visitor Center
58 Main Street
Concord
978-318-061 - R
Cricket Creek Farm
1255 Oblong Road
Williamstown
413-458-5888 - S
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
45 Hospital Road
Medfield
617-877-5158 - T
The Daniel Webster Estate
238 Webster Street
Marshfield
781-834-0548
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