First settled by Europeans in the 17th century, the town of Northborough in Central Massachusetts is crossed by the old Boston Post Road (Route 20), which forms Main Street. There are several interesting markers along this historic...
Throughout the United States of America there is a large amount of National Parks. These parks are operated by the National Park Service and can only be established by an act of the US Congress. Yellowstone was the first natural area...
In the shadow of the 1,202-foot Mount Tom, Easthampton is a progressive and creative community surrounded by famous college towns like Northampton, Amherst, and Hadley. From the 19th century until not long after World War II Easthampton...
On the western flank of the Blue Hills, Westwood is a leafy suburban town that broke away from its neighbor, Dedham, in the late 19th century. For a community of 16,000, Westwood is spread across a big area, with a lot of land set...
This Southcoast town is on a long and narrow plot by the Taunton River, at the head of Mount Hope Bay. In 2022 Joe Biden visited Somerset to deliver a speech about climate change. The location was no coincidence, as until recently...
Southeast of Worcester, Grafton is a town in the Blackstone Valley, made up of a loose assortment of historic mill villages. During the Industrial Revolution from the late 18th century onwards, Grafton was known for a number of trades...
On the east bank of the Connecticut River, this wealthy suburb of Springfield was first settled in the mid-17th century. Until 1894 Longmeadow was one with East Longmeadow, and the town was famous for its sandstone quarries, producing...
A former manufacturing town with Irish and Portuguese roots, Hudson is a resilient place that has bounced back from a few knocks down the years. One was a fire that took out 40 buildings in the town center in 1894. Later, the shoe...
With the Ten Mile River as its western boundary, Seekonk is a town on the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border, and part of the Providence metropolitan area. Seekonk has an unusual footprint, on a long and pretty narrow strip of land....
Where the Taunton River flows into Mount Hope Bay, Swansea is a coastal town on the MA/RI border, with abundant agriculture inland. The town beach is one of the best in the area, open to the public during the school summer break, and...
This compelling town is in the Blackstone Valley, which is where the American Industrial Revolution gathered pace in the early 19th century. Northbridge is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, and the perfect...
A southeastern suburb of Springfield, East Longmeadow is on the Massachusetts/Connecticut line and a matter of minutes from Springfield’s dynamic Metro Center district. Historically this area was renowned for its sandstone quarries,...
Bordering Connecticut and also close to the Rhode Island state line, Webster is a town in Central Massachusetts famed for its magnificent lake. Long before European colonization, Lake Chaubunagungamaug was part of the ancestral home...
An atmospheric old mill town on the Quinebaug River, Southbridge has an industrial History going back to the 18th century. Early sawmills and grist mills eventually gave way to large-scale textile and spectacle-making industries The...
This archetypal New England seaside town is at the western edge of Buzzards Bay, right against the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border. Westport’s shore is full of drama, where the marvelous Horseneck Beach unrolls for two miles, skirted...
Sitting on the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border, Bellingham is a growing town crossed by I-495. This puts Bellingham on the Metropolitan Boston’s outer belt, and endows the town with a commercial corridor where there’s a newly...
Spreading across a large area northwest of Worcester, Holden is a small but fast-growing town of 20,000 people. There’s boundless open space, with thousands of acres of woods for public recreation within the town limits. These parcels...
On a craggy peninsula strewn with granite outcrops, the seafaring town of Marblehead is a slice of historic New England. To put the town’s History into perspective, two hundred of Marblehead’s residences were built before the American...
On the South Shore, Scituate is a coastal town with an adorable village center next to a natural harbor. Much of Scituate’s best dining and shopping can be done around the harbor, which is also the base for fishing charters, and...
This oceanside suburb of Boston is squeezed onto a narrow, crooked peninsula, zigzagging out into Boston Harbor. A recurring theme for visitors to Winthrop is the waterfront scenery, with astonishing panoramas of the Boston Harbor...
Often spelled as “Foxboro”, this town in Norfolk County is perhaps best known as the home of the New England Patriots. The NFL team, which enjoyed a period of amazing success in the 2000s and 2010s, first moved to Foxborough in...