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Comprised of 11 historic structures and a cultural landscape totaling almost 14 acres. Home of two U.S. Presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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Extends approximately 2,170 miles through 14 states between Georgia and Maine. Massachusetts hosts 90 miles of the trail through the Berkshires.
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Made up of 24 cities and towns and the 46-mile long Blackstone River on 454 square miles of land in the Blackstone River watershed.
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Blackstone River Valley Visitor Center (Pawtucket, RI)
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Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Worcester, MA)
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Museum of Work and Culture (Woonsocket, RI)
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River Bend Farm (Uxbridge, MA)
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Worcester Historical Museum (Worcester, MA)
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Consists of eight historic sites associated with the colonial struggle for independence and American ideals of liberty and freedom.
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Boston Downtown Visitor Center
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Bunker Hill Monument
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Charlestown Navy Yard
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Dorchester Heights Monument
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Encompasses 15 pre-Civil War era structures in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, linked by the 1.6 mile Black Heritage Trail.
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Consists of 34 islands in Boston Harbor, many of which played important roles at different moments in Boston’s history. Today, you can tour historic structures or enjoy walking trails.
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Comprises 43,604 acres of shoreline, upland landscape features, and salt marsh, including a 40-mile long stretch of ocean beach; protecting natural and cultural features of Outer Cape Cod.
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Province Lands Visitor Center (Provincetown)
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Salt Pond Visitor Center (Eastham)
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Includes 34 communities with hundreds of historic resources and cultural landscapes within a 500 square mile radius.
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Immigration · Industry & Commerce · Invention & Innovation · Maritime History · Revolutionary War |
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Custom House Maritime Museum (Newburyport)
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Lawrence Heritage State Park (Lawrence)
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Regional Visitor Center (Salem)
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Stage Fort Park & Welcoming Center (Gloucester)
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The home and office of noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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Preserves the 1917 birthplace and boyhood home of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.
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Headquarters of General George Washington; later, home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Preserves and interprets the history of the American Industrial Revolution in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Preserves and protects the significant historic sites, structures, properties, and landscapes associated with the opening battles of the American Revolution.
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Minute Man Visitor Center (Lexington)
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North Bridge Visitor Center (Concord)
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The Wayside: Home of Authors (Concord)
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Commemorates the whaling industry and its impact on the economic, social, and environmental history of the United States. The park includes a 13-block National Historic Landmark District.
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A scenic region of 35 towns in southern central Massachusetts and northern Connecticut.
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Clara Barton Homestead (Oxford, MA)
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Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge, MA)
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Prudence Crandall Museum (Canterbury, CT)
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On 9.5 acres on Salem’s historic waterfront, this site provides insight into the maritime history of New England and the United States.
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The site of the first successful integrated iron works in North America, in operation 1646-1668.
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Founded by General George Washington, this was the nation’s first armory, producing firearms from 1794 to 1968. Today it houses the world’s second-largest firearms collection in its museum.
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A nationally designated Wild and Scenic River northwest of Boston.
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Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Sudbury)
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South Bridge Boathouse (Concord)
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The East, Middle, and West branches of the Westfield River are a state- and locally-managed National Wild and Scenic River area.
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Chester-Blandford State Forest (Chester)
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Chesterfield Gorge (Chesterfield)
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