15 Best Things to Do in Uxbridge (MA)
In the first half of the 19th century, this town in the Blackstone Valley was the overnight stopping point on the Blackstone Canal. That waterway was completed in 1824 and …
15 Best Things to Do in Bedford (MA)
Close to Lexington and Concord, this small town in Greater Boston participated in the first exchanges of the American Revolutionary War on April 19 1775. Bedford is at the terminus …
15 Best Things to Do in Nantucket (MA)
Thirty miles off the coast of Massachusetts, Nantucket is an island that conjures many associations, from affluence to shipwrecks. For decades up to the mid-19th century, this was the whaling …
15 Best Things to Do in Millbury (MA)
Near the head of the Blackstone River Valley, this town was first settled by Europeans in the 18th century. The modern story of Millbury really begins a century later with …
15 Best Things to Do in Ipswich (MA)
On the North Shore, this wonderfully preserved town has more surviving First Period houses than any other community in the United States. There are some 60 houses in Ipswich that …
15 Best Things to Do in Wayland (MA)
In the last few years this suburban town in the MetroWest region has been rated as one of most livable and family friendly communities in Massachusetts. One of many good …
15 Best Things to Do in Kingston (MA)
At the mouth of the Jones River and right next to Plymouth, Kingston is a seaside town known historically for its shipbuilding industry. Those shipyards were based along the riverbanks …
15 Best Things to Do in Harwich (MA)
Facing Nantucket Sound on the Lower Cape, Harwich has all the ingredients of a dream Cape Cod getaway. The town has immaculate public beaches, rail trails, bucolic countryside, and Harwich …
15 Best Things to Do in Medway (MA)
In Norfolk County, about halfway between Boston and Providence, Medway is a peaceful commuter town of just over 13,000. Medway’s southern boundary is formed by the Charles River, which was …
15 Best Things to Do in Oxford (MA)
First settled by Huguenots at the end of the 17th century, Oxford is a town of just over 13,000 on the French River. Something unusual about Oxford’s landscape is that …