The Boston Freedom Trail – Secrets and Truth Revealed

The Boston Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile walk through important locations and events in the history of Boston and the making of the nation. Following a red line path takes you to 16 places of historical interest in the city, and though the walk is free a number of the buildings have an admission fee [...]

Boston Movie Tours Takes You Behind-the-Scenes

Boston has long been popular with Hollywood as a location for movies and TV shows. Most know that the TV show Cheers was based on a Boston Bar, and Good Will Hunting and The Departed were both filmed on the streets of the Hub.
Beantown has become a friendly city towards movie makers as the Governor [...]

Dragon Boat Festival of Boston

On Sunday June 8th, 2008 this year’s Dragon Boat Festival of Boston will take place on the Charles River. The festival is an ancient celebration of the life and death of Chinese patriot-poet Qu Yuan who lived from 340-278 B.C.
The final Dragon Boat races take place between 9:00am-5:00pm along the Charles in Cambridge.
In addition [...]

Trouble is Brewing Down at the Boston Public Library …

Actually, trouble has been brewing for many of the books at the Boston Public Library for centuries but current day politics and funding are making resolution of this problem almost out of reach of fixing.
What’s going on?
Well, the BPL is one of the top five libraries in the nation, and has one of the greatest [...]

Is There Really a Museum of Bad Art in Boston?

Yes - and do you want to know more?
With so many Museums in Boston showing great Art, you have to wonder why we need one devoted to Bad Art. But the Museum of Bad Art is for real and opened its doors in Dedham in 1994.
Now, spend a few minutes at the museums web site [...]

Plum Island Massachusetts – Best Kept Secret

Plum Island is one of those great little places in Massachusetts that nobody has heard of unless you live close by. The island is named for the hundreds of beach-plum bushes growing everywhere.
Its spring in New England and the weather and ocean are warming up. If you live anywhere within striking distance of a coast [...]

Blue Hills Reservation – the Outdoor Playground on Boston’s Doorstep

Just a 30-minute drive from the crowded waterfront attractions of downtown Boston is one of the best-kept secrets of this city – Blue Hills Reservation.
The park consists of 22 hills and 125 miles of trails covering an area of 7,000 acres.

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Here’s Some Late Winter New England Outdoor Activities…

The Boston Red Sox are in spring training and I’ve just spent the weekend in Virginia where two of the days were a balmy 68 degrees… so does this mean its time to leave our cabins in New England for some outdoor activity?
Well maybe. New Englanders know that at this time of year we can [...]