Massachusetts

Pros: Beautiful music by the Boston Symphony and world-famous musicians in a breath-taking outdoor setting
Cons: The weather must cooperate.

If you are a dreamy romantic who loves beautiful surroundings and beautiful music, you’ll not find a more enchanting destination on a fine summer weekend in New England than the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts. Nestled among the...

Pros: Sea-side setting, friendly staff, Bob & Otto
Cons: Shared baths, shared baths, shared baths

The bride wore a white off-the-shoulder gown; the groom wore a black high-collar tux; and The Paquachuck Inn wore 173 years of character.


One weekend in July we attended my cousin Kate’s wedding. Now Kate is an art teacher by...

Pros: Cool races, especially spectator drags.
Cons: Seating? What seating? Ladies, better wear depends.

Situated in Seekonk MA, on Route 6, is an itty bitty race track known as Seekonk Speedway.
This race track is absurd in its smallness. Size matters.

After driving past Seekonk Speedway, sitting in its traffic weekend after weekend, year...

Pros: Original site, well-preserved
Cons: On-street [metered] parking

Fall River, Massachusetts is situated on the slopes rising from the Taunton River. Not surprisingly, the once flourishing mill town is not celebrated as the birthplace of Gungian. Rather, Fall River is more frequently associated with a more...

Pros: Excellent food, great atmosphere, reasonable prices
Cons: It is only in Fall River, Massachusetts

The International Institute of Culinary Arts is not perched in Paris. Nor is it located in London. Nor is it nestled in New York. No, the International Institute of Culinary Arts is folded neatly into Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Pros: beautiful houses, beautiful history
Cons: limited hours and months of the year

Nestled among trees and hedgerows, near the center of Amherst, Massachusetts, are the Dickinson Homestead and The Evergreens, must-see landmarks for pilgrims paying tribute to Emily Dickinson and her work.

History
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Pros: Massachusetts is a country rich with American history.
Cons: None

MASSACHUSETTS is a State where a lot of American History comes from. Paul Revere's famous ride began here. Babe Ruth hit his most home here. Today I want to tell you about our PILGRIM FATHERS.

Did you know that the first THANKSGIVING...

Pros: Fun~ Educational~ Very Different
Cons: It can get uncomfortably hot inside of the maze~ I suggest to go In October

Located on Redstone Hill Road in the county of Thoreau, town of Sterling, Massachusetts is a maze of delights along with an educational and unique farm. This is no ordinary maze nor is the farm just an ordinary farm. Davis' Farm is the home of endangered...

Pros: Autumn and winter are really beautiful
Cons: Doesn't snow much at Christmastime anymore

Carver is a small town located in southeastern Massachusetts just a holler away from Cape Cod. The biggest attraction in my childhood was always The Edaville Railroad located off route 1-495 on highway 58 leading into South Carver. In the late 1950's and...

Pros: The PCB fires in Silver Lake are pretty.
Cons: The crack dealers on North Street are in fact Cons set free.

Dedemw was gracious enough to invite me to join her write off about the worst town. Little did she know was that she asked THEE right person. My town is THEE worst. Let me take you for a virtual drive and I'll point things out to you.

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Pros: Our convenient stores, Wah Mee, The Battle ship, school yards to wrestle in!
Cons: Umm, never changes, boring, sucky mall....

Hmmmmm, what to say about my home state and city? Well, to start this is a review on a city in Mass, Fall River. Yes, my hometown sucks. Can't put it in much better words. I have lived here all 14 years of my life, and it hasn't changed a bit. Fall River...

Pros: The Berkshires offer great cultural events and family fun for little or no cost!
Cons: None!

We have been traveling to the Berkshires as a family for many summers. The Berkshires is a group of towns in the Berkshire hills including Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Great Barrington and Pittsfield in western Massachusetts. This area is about 2 1/2 hours...

Pros: Several Different Attractions
Cons: None

Plymouth, Massachusetts was founded in 1620 and is where the Pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower landed. It's named after Plymouth, England - the place where the Mayflower originally departed from. Plymouth is the site of the first permanent...

Pros: Always someplace to dive
Cons: Parking, low visibility

There's nothing quite like climbing over huge slippery rocks weighed down by sixty pounds of awkward gear and then jumping into freezing water with about ten feet of visibility… which is why I am not that surprised that there is no listing for...

Pros: A Family Event, Fun for One and All
Cons: Can become expensive

Review Topic:  Events & Festivals

The Eastern States Exposition is the largest county fair held in New England each year. It takes a full day just to see most of the major exhibits so most people go for more than one day....