Old State House & Old South Meeting House
While in Boston, we took in some of the more “touristy” sites downtown, including the Old State House & Old South Meeting House. The Old South Meeting House The Old South Meeting House was built …
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first garden cemetery in the United States. It dates back to 1831 and currently sits on 174 acres (up from the original 70 it started …
Happy Two-Year VanLife Anniversary to Us!
We have now visited 37 states in the van (double the number from the first year), though some of them were truly a “dash in, do something, and dash back out.” Not included in the …
Danforth Art Museum
The Danforth Art Museum is part of Framingham State University in Framingham, Massachusetts. It was only established in 1973 (which is about as old as me, hence the “only”). The museum was the brainchild of …
The Davis Museum
The Davis Museum is part of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It was founded way back 1889, with a collection begun with the founding of the college in 1875. Founder Henry Fowle Durant “began a …
The Old Manse and the North Bridge
The Old Manse is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts that says it is “home to two revolutions.” One is the American Revolution, the other a mid-19th century literary revolution. The house sits nearby the …
Amusements / Architecture / Art / Museums
Around the MIT Campus
Established in 1861, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located on 166 acres in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. More than 100 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with it as alumni, …
Gropius House
Since we both have an interest in architecture, we were both excited by a visit to the Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The 1938 home was the family residence of Modernist architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969), …
Old South Church of Boston
The congregation of the Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts dates all the way back to 1669, which is really old by American standards. Its Gothic Revival church, however, “only” dates to 1873. The overall …
Massachusetts State House
It’s no surprise at this point that since we were in Boston, we took a tour of the Massachusetts State House. For those keeping track, this is our twentieth state capitol tour, all of which …