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Massachusetts Tourist Attractions
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Massachusetts Tourist Attractions
Tourist attractions in Massachusetts - Theme Parks, Tours, Museums, National Parks, Historic Sites & More!
Below is a list of attractions in Massachusetts to help you plan a Massachusetts Vacation! Find detailed information on the Massachusetts tourist attraction entries by clicking on their links. Narrow your search by selecting from a specific Massachusetts attraction category on the left hand menu.
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You can find Massachusetts tourist attractions and activities in all of Massachusetts's regions: Boston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Greater Springfield, Hyannis, Plymouth, Sturbridge and Other.
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Adams National Historical Park
National Park
Category: Quincy National Park near Boston, Massachusetts
Description of this Boston area Attraction: Adams National Historical Park is located in the City of Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, approximately ten miles south of Boston. The Park comprises 11 historic structures and a cultural landscape totaling almost 14 acres.
The story encompasses five generations of the Adams family (from 1720 to 1927) including two Presidents and First Ladies, three U.S.Ministers, historians, writers and family members who supported and contributed to the success of these public figures. The site's main historic features include: John Adams Birthplace, where 2nd U.S. President John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, and less than 75 yards away the John Quincy Adams Birthplace, where his son, John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President was born on July 11, 1767; the "Old House," home to four generations of the Adams family; the Stone Library contains more than 14,000 historic volumes and includes the book collection of John Quincy Adams; no tour is complete without a visit to the United First Parish Church, where both Presidents and the First Ladies are entombed in the Adams family crypt. There is an off-site visitor center located within one mile of the historic structures.
Regularly scheduled tours of the historic homes, are offered in season (April 19th - November 10th). The park provides a trolley bus that offers transportation between sites. You must be on a guided tour to enter the historic homes. Please be advised that tours are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail
Category: State of Massachusetts National Park in Massachusetts
Description of this Massachusetts Attraction: The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,174-mile footpath along the ridgecrests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in northern Georgia. The trail traverses Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. The Appalachian Trail (A.T.) is used by day, weekend and other short-term hikers, section-hikers and thru-hikers. Thru-hikers hike the entire length of the Trail in one season.
The A.T. began as a vision of forester Benton MacKaye and was developed by volunteers and opened as a continuous trail in 1937. It was designated as the first National Scenic Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968. The Trail is currently protected along more than 99 percent of its course by federal or state ownership of the land or by rights-of-way. Annually, more than 4,000 volunteers contribute more than 185,000 hours of effort on th
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Canton Viaduct
Second oldest multipe arch stone railroad bridge in the US
Category: Canton Historic Site near Boston, Massachusetts
Description of this Boston area Attraction: The Canton Viaduct is one of the two oldest surviving multiple arch stone railroad bridges still in active mainline use in the United States. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1999.
The Canton Viaduct is 615' long, 70' high above Canton River, 38' wide at the deck and it's built on a 1° curve (5,730' radius). The viaduct opened for regular passenger service on July 28th, 1835 and has been in continuous service ever since.
The bridge will be 175 years old on July 28th, 2010.
The Canton Viaduct is a very unique structure due to its continuous parallel walls and 21 individual hollow chambers.
The Canton Viaduct was built by the Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation and was the final link on the 41 mile railroad between Boston, MA and Providence , RI. Architectural design for the bridge was provided by Dodd & Baldwin and construction was supervised by Chief Engineer, Major General William Gibbs McNeill, a graduate of West Point Military Academy. Major General George Washington Whistler, father of the famous artist James McNeill Whistler, served as assistant and consulting engineer on the project.
There are two other bridges similar to the Canton Viaduct in the world, both designed by George Washington Whistler located on the October Railroad between Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia. Whistler was summoned to Russia in 1842 at the request of Tsar Nicholas I to consult on the construction of the 403 mile railroad, originally known as the Nicholas Railroad before the Russian Revolution in 1917. The names and exact locations of these two viaducts are unknown...
Visit the Canton Viaduct website for more information: www.cantonviaduct.us
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Cape Cod National Seashore
National Park
Category: Wellfleet National Park near Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Description of this Cape Cod area Attraction: Cape Cod National Seashore comprises 43,604 acres of shoreline and upland landscape features, including a forty-mile long stretch of pristine sandy beach, dozens of clear, deep, freshwater kettle ponds, and upland scenes that depict evidence of how people have used the land. A variety of historic structures are within the boundary of the Seashore, including lighthouses, a lifesaving station, and numerous Cape Cod style houses. The Seashore offers six swimming beaches, eleven self-guiding nature trails, and a variety of picnic areas and scenic overlooks.
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Dead of Night Ghost & Cemetery Tours
Twilight Lantern Ghost Tour & Sunset Historic Cemetery tours
Category: Plymouth Tour in Massachusetts
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Description of this Plymouth Attraction: Twilight Lantern Ghost Tour - Join us, for an evening of spine-chilling adventure, through the historic, haunted,areas of Plymouth, Ma. Hear spine-chilling stories of Plymouth's ghostly haunts. Who they are, where they are, and how to photograph them. Tour led by our own paranormal investigators. What restless spirits haunt the courthouse? Walk through Burial Hill Cemetery, with tombstones dating back to the 1600'S. Burial customs & tradtions. See the equipment ghost hunters use. Walk down Plymouth's oldest street and see Houses where our spirits continue to linger. When they were last seen, and who we think they are. So push the cobwebs aside, and discover what lurks in the shadows and REMEMBER... "when darkness falls the spirits rise"!!!!
Come and see our Black Hearse and see who is sleeping in the coffin!!!! 90 minutes
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION - The month of OCTOBER, join us on our 7:30 p.m. Hallow's Eve Twilight Lantern Ghost Tour. Halloween is an annual celebration, but of WHAT!!! Where did it originate? WHY? Black cats, goolish costumes, trick or treats, witches, bats, pumpkins. What does it all mean? COME, join us,and find out. Walk through Plymouth's oldest cemetery, by the guide of your dimly lit lanterns. Learn how to capture SPIRITS & GHOSTS on FILM. Bring your cameras!!! You never know who will be popping up in your photo's!! Join our PARANORMAL RESEARCHERS in a ghost hunt. See the tools used in ghost hunting investigations. Hear goolish ghost stories. Fun and excting for everyone. Wear your goolish costume, (if you dare)and frighten away those spirits looking for bodies to posess. Tour will be running every evening at 7:30 p.m. Reservations strongly suggested. Tours begin NEXT to PLYMOUTH ROCK. Look for the BLACK HEARSE called "LAST RIDE". Have you picture taken Next to JACK SKELETON in his coffin.!! GHost hunting certificates for children. 90 minutes
HISTORY TOUR Walk the paths as our forefathers had. Hear the stories passed down from generations to generations, hear the history. Walk through the oldest Cemetery dating back to the 1600's. See where the 1st Fort was built and why it was built there. Walk down the 1st street in America. See the oldest, still functioning, Church in America. the oldest courthouse, Brewster Gardens, Coles Hill,Mayflower, Plymouth Rock.Plus so much more. 90 minutes
SUNSET HISTORIC CEMETERY TOUR A relaxing stroll through historic, areas of Plymouth. See Mayflower, Plymouth Rock, Coles Hill, Massasoit, Leyden Street. Walk through Burial Hill Cemetery, with tombstones dating back to the 1600's. Visit the grave sites of our Pilgrim Forefathers. See the earliest folk art designs on their tombstones. Burial customs & tradtions Enjoy the Breath taking Panoramic views on top of Burial Hill,overlooking quaint Plymouth Harbor and see the tip of Cape Cod. 90 minutes
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Essex National Heritage Area
National Park
Category: Essex County National Park in Massachusetts
Description of this Massachusetts Attraction: The Essex National Heritage Area begins just 10 miles north of Boston and extends for 40 miles along the scenic coast of Massachusetts. The Area is characterized by white, sandy beaches interspersed with rugged granite outcroppings, and overlaid by 400 years of New England history and culture. From the Atlantic Ocean up the Merrimack River, this 550-square-mile region features historic seaports, white clapboard buildings, renown art and cultural museums, antique farms, wooden boat-building shops, early industrial mill complexes, and significant wildlife refuges - both on-shore and off-shore. The Area is instilled with authentic Yankee character. Three significant themes of American history can be easily experienced within its boundaries: early colonial settlement, maritime commerce and sailing, and New Englands early Industrial Revolution. The Area contains two National Park sites and hundreds of historic structures, museums, and natural resources, and it is within an easy day trip of Boston by train or car. For more information, please visit www.essexheritage.org.
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Exotic Flowers Boston Red Sox Celebration
Two-dozen unique Red Sox items on display & for sale!
Category: Boston Attraction Packages in Massachusetts
Description of this Boston Attraction: More than two-dozen unique Boston Red Sox items, including a David Ortiz autographed jersey, bat, helmet, photo, an actual base from the 2007 World Series game, Jason Varitek's batting helmet, Julio Lugo's cracked bat, Jacob Ellsbury's equipment bag, the 2008 season bullpen phone, and more, are on display and for sale at Exotic Flowers and the bottom of the stairs of the upper rotunda, middle building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Exotic Flowers, the official greenhouse for the Boston Red Sox, is also celebrating the April 20, 1912 opening of Fenway Park.
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
Dinosaurs, meteorites, Glass Flowers, hundreds of animals
Category: Cambridge Museum in Massachusetts
Description of this Cambridge Attraction: Explore 12,000 specimens from around the globe at the University's most visited museum – dinosaurs,
meteorites, gemstones and hundreds of animals. Get close to the world’s only mounted
Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile; a 1,642-lb. amethyst geode; whale skeletons.
Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 Blaschka ‘Glass Flowers’, and the small exhibition of Glass Sea Creatures--jellies and anemones by the same glass artists who made the Glass Flowers. Includes admission to the adjacent
Peabody Museum – archaeology and cultures of six continents.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A beautiful art museum housed in a Venetian palace
Category: Boston Museum in Massachusetts
Description of this Boston Attraction: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a work of art itself. Housed in a Venetian-inspired palace, turned inside-out and surrounding an ever-changing interior courtyard garden, the museum’s collection spans more than 30 centuries and features artworks by master artists including Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Degas and Sargent. Continuing the legacy of its founder, changing contemporary and historic scholarly exhibitions, the oldest museum music program in the country, an ever-changing interior courtyard garden display, innovative Artist-in-Residence and School and Community Partnerships programs, and yearly special events and free-days continue to enrich the permanent collection and provide ongoing inspiration for visitors old and new.
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