15 Best Things to Do in Gloucester (MA)

Eastern Point Lighthouse

Dubbed “America’s Oldest Seaport”, Gloucester was first settled by Europeans more than 400 years ago, and for all this time has been a center for the fishing industry. From the 19th century, the moody seascapes at Cape Ann began to attract painters like Winslow Homer, and the longest-operating art colony in the United States can …

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15 Best Things to Do in Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England)

Gloucester Cathedral

A historic inland port on the River Severn, Gloucester is at the entrance to England’s West Country on the cusp of the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean. Originally this was the Roman fort of Glevum, defending a crossing on the Severn, and gained its town charter under Henry II in 1155. Gloucester’s cathedral has …

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