15 Best Things to Do in Wilbraham (MA)
This outlying eastern suburb of Springfield is bordered to the north by the Chicopee River. In times past, the northern part of the town was industrialized, while the southern end …
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15 Best Things to Do in East Bridgewater (MA)
A residential community in Plymouth County, East Bridgewater has many of the signatures of a Southeastern Massachusetts Town, with cranberry bogs and dairy and fruit farms. In 1649, Sachem Rock …
15 Best Things to Do in Duxbury (MA)
An upscale community on the South Shore, Duxbury’s is a town that made a name for itself at the end of the Age of Sail in the early 19th century. …
15 Best Things to Do in Hanover (MA)
This South Shore town was incorporated some 300 years ago, and has a sedate old center with a house built by one of the town’s first European families. Now, the …
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 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 …
15 Best Things to Do in Charlton (MA)
First settled by Europeans in the 1730s, Charlton is a small town near the transition between Central and Western Massachusetts. This land was originally part of neighboring Oxford, and has …
15 Best Things to Do in Medfield (MA)
In the MetroWest region, the town of Medfield is roughly equidistant to Boston, Providence and Worcester, which can all be reached in about 45 minutes. The town was first settled …
15 Best Things to Do in Dedham (MA)
Incorporated as long ago as 1636, Dedham is the seat of Norfolk County, with an historic center commanded by a courthouse from 1820. In Dedham you can visit a residence …