Massachusetts is made for history lovers after all the Pilgrims landed here in
1620 its colonial residents were forced to be reckoned with during the American
Revolution but the base they've also boasts a vibrant cultural scene through
the visual Britain and performing arts and nature isn't forgotten either with
an abundance of hiking trails bird-watching and beach activities an
overview of the best places to visit in Massachusetts Boston is loaded with
history from being one of the oldest cities in the United States the city was
founded in 1632 hosting the world's most famous tea party visitors can relive
Boston's participation and the American Revolution by walking the Freedom Trail
but the Commonwealth's capital is so much more than history
Kait card is an armed safe peninsula located on the easternmost part of
Massachusetts it has developed unto one of the most popular places to visit in
Massachusetts in the summer lighthouses cranberry logs swimming beaches and
walking and biking trails thought the Cape Cod National Seashore the popular
resort town of Provincetown at the very tip of the peninsula is the site of the
first landing of the pilgrims New England's largest island Martha's
Vineyard is a popular summer destination for the wealthy including numerous
celebrities who have homes here Martha's Vineyard was the setting for the first
jaws movie in 1974 with some scenes also included in the two sequels located
seven miles off Cape Cod the island is accessible by bald public Berry's League
from several places on Cape Cod or air
and the early 1600s Nantucket Aden was a refuge for Native Americans who wanted
to escape the European settlements on mainland Massachusetts its name is
derived from n Algonquin word today it is a playground mainly for the wealthy
having one of the highest home property values in the United States Nantucket is
a popular summer tourist destination with the population that jumps from
almost 11,000 year-round residents to 50,000 in the summer
new bedford the sixth largest city in Massachusetts he's known as the whaling
city as it was one of the most important whaling cities in the world during the
19th century the New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest museum in the
United States devoted to whaling that has whale skeletons on display or
thumbkin is a charming college town in the Pioneer Valley with a picturesque
and vibrant downtown consisting of numerous art galleries restaurants and
quirky shops sprinkled among coffee shops and Performing Arts Venice it is
home to Smith College a prestigious Women's College the presence of college
students and their professors gives the town had distinctly liberal political
atmosphere plumb Mullen is a great destination for nature lovers it's a
bird watchers paradise a haven for migrating birds and a breeding ground
for shorebirds join to Northeast mainland Massachusetts by a single
bridge from Newburyport even the island's name suggests a connection with
nature it was named after the beach bums that grow on the sand dunes
limit is where it all began back in 1620 travelers can transport themselves back
in time at Plymouth Plantation a living history museum that shows how the
pilgrims lived in 1627 next comes a tour of Mayflower - a replica of the ship
that carried the pilgrims to the new world or they can be one of the
estimated 1 million visitors a year into Plymouth Rock the site where the
pilgrims supposedly stepped ashore
travelers who are afraid of ghosts and goblins may want to spend Halloween in
Salem home of the famous Witchcraft Trials in the days when Puritans ruled
the city haunted happenings take place all over sail events but those who visit
at other times can learn about witches out a special museum devoted just to
them Salem also was the setting for Nathaniel
Hawthorne as the House of the Seven Gables which is an historic house worth
visiting
nature and the arts exist compatibly and the bark cyrus a hilly area and western
massachusetts most of the hills are under 1200 feet high though a couple do
climb higher to the sky the barge tires are filled with clanking trails
including parts of the Appalachian Trail the highest waterfall in Massachusetts
- borz Falls is located here