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 …
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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 …
Exploring Cambridge and Harvard University
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 …
Trinity Church of Boston
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 …
Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums are located in a single building that feels like one museum. However, there are actually three museums under one roof: the Fogg Museum established in 1895, the Busch-Reisinger Museum established in …
John Pizzarelli Swing Seven: Dear Mr. Sinatra
I’ve been a fan of swing jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli since the 1990s, so when I saw that he was playing a gig relatively close to Boston at the impressive Groton Hill Music Center, I …