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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Bakers Island Light
Salem
Derby Wharf Light
Salem
Eastern Point Light
Gloucester
Hospital Point Range Light
Beverly
Marblehead Light
Marblehead
Winter Island Light
Salem
Cape Ann Light Station at Thacher Island
Rockport
Only operating twin lighthouses in the nation dates to 1771. Access to towers for guests.Wednesday and Saturday morning trips free... more
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Bakers Island Light
Baker Island Light
Salem
978-740-0444 - B
Derby Wharf Light
Salem Harbor
Salem
978-740-1660 - C
Eastern Point Light
Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester
978-281-8865 - D
Hospital Point Range Light
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Beverly
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Marblehead Light
Marblehead Neck
Marblehead
617-631-3350 - F
Winter Island Light
Winter Island Rd.
Salem
978-745-9430 - G
Cape Ann Light Station at Thacher Island
Thacher Island
Box 73
Rockport
978-546-7697
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