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Some spots on Cape Cod hide in plain sight, wearing their history like a comfortable old sweater. One of them started life in 1852…
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MassachusettsSomewhere in the quiet corner of north central Massachusetts, there is a car-free campground where you park at a lot, load your gear…
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Somewhere in western Massachusetts, the goofy grin of the Cat in the Hat and the bushy mustache of the Lorax are frozen in bronze, waiting quietly in a courtyard most people drive right past. This is a spot where childhood books step…
Central Massachusetts hides a quarter-mile crack in ancient granite where boulders pile up like a giant tossed them there and forgot to clean up. Kids scramble over rocks, families spread out at picnic tables, and hikers loop through…
Tucked into the cranberry-bog country of southeastern Massachusetts sits a dirt track where a four-year-old on a tiny bike and a rider dusting off skills after 25 years away can line up for the same weekend of fun. The place has earned…
Fried clams are basically a Massachusetts summer tradition you can hold in one hand. The best ones come with a crispy golden coating, a soft belly inside, and a squeeze of lemon that makes the whole thing sing. From clam shacks…
There is something about walking a boardwalk near the ocean that makes a regular afternoon feel like a real getaway, even when you are only a short drive from home. Massachusetts has a surprising number of these wooden and planked…
There is a small station in the northern Berkshires where an old railcar still rolls along the tracks, run entirely by folks who do it for the love of trains. It moves slowly enough that you can settle in, flip the seats…
Some places on Cape Cod stay tucked away on purpose, and this one feels like a discovery locals would rather keep quiet. Towering sand dunes rise above the Atlantic, framing an open stretch of shore that most people drive right past…
Old railroad lines all over Massachusetts have been turned into smooth, paved paths that are flat, easy, and open to walkers, bikers, joggers, and families with strollers. The best part is that most of them are free, close to home…