The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
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, …
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), …
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 …
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 …
We spent a day walking around the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, visiting several museums. We previously posted about the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Harvard Art Museums, and here are some …
I love good church architecture, but Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts also has a collection of murals and “masterpiece” windows by John La Farge (a rival of Louis Comfort Tiffany), so it was a no-brainer …
Another historic house tour for us, this time Gore Place in Waltham, Massachusetts. The 1806 Federal-style mansion was built as a summer home for Christopher Gore (1758–1827) and his family. Gore was a lawyer and …
The Arlington Street Church was built between 1859–1861 in Boston’s Back Bay, though its congregation (Unitarian Universalist) dates to 1729. The reason for my visit was to see the church’s 16 large-scale Tiffany windows, believed …
We love libraries, we love art, and we love architecture, so the “Art & Architecture” tour of the Boston Public Library’s Central Branch was a no-brainer. It was definitely worth the trek downtown, which we …
The Greek Revival style Forbes House in Milton, Massachusetts was built in 1833 for Margaret Perkins (1773–1856) by her children. It was constructed in honor of Margaret’s son Thomas, who died at age 26 in …
