MASSACHUSETTS

(does not include Boston and Cape Cod)

GENERAL
●Black Heritage Trail – blackheritagetrail.org; sites include African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School.



ESSEX COUNTY
Essex
Restaurants
●Woodman’s of Essex – 121 Main Street; 978-768-6057; woodmans.com; open year-round; notable for lobster; be prepared: serves 600 people daily in peak season.

Ipswich
Restaurants
●Stone Soup Cafe – 141 High Street; 978-356-4222; ipswichstonesoup.com; casual, locavore restaurant with central bar; lobster.

Newbury
Restaurants
●Bob Lobster – 49 Plum Island Turnpike (Newburyport); 978-465-7100; boblobster.com; very casual; open year-round, with varying hours so check website or call.
Sights & Sites
●Parker River National Wildlife Refuge – 6 Plum Island Turnpike (Newburyport); 978-465-5753; fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver; established in 1942 primarily to provide habitats for migratory birds; located along Atlantic Flyway; observation stations and trails scattered throughout; included in refuge is Plum Island Sound and all smaller islands within it, as well as Plum Island River mouth (on Plum Island Sound side only).

Salem
Sights & Sites
●Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace – 27 Hardy Street (but accessible through 54 Turner Street); 978-744-0991; 7gables.org; originally located on Union Street, but moved to this location in 1958; on July 4, 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne born here to Elizabeth Clark Manning and Nathaniel Hathorne.
●House of Seven Gables – 115 Derby Street; 978-744-0991; 7gables.org; also known as Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion; 1668 colonial mansion, now non-profit museum and active settlement house with programs for children; built for Captain John Turner and stayed with family for 3 generations, descending from John Turner II to John Turner III; oldest surviving mansion house in continental North America, with 17 rooms and over 8K' square; after John Turner III lost family fortune, Ingersolls acquired and remodeled; their relative, Nathaniel Hawthorne, while growing up, often visited; by his time, house had only 3 gables remaining, but his cousin told him history; Horace Ingersoll told Hawthorne story of Acadian lovers that later inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1847 poem Evangeline; in 1908, Caroline O. Emmerton purchased and founded House of Seven Gables Settlement Association; she restored, reconstructing missing gables.
●Peabody Essex Museum – 161 Essex Street; 978-745-9500; pem.org; among oldest continuously operating US museums; combines collections of former Peabody Museum of Salem and Essex Institute; major collection Asian art (1.3M pieces, as well as 22 historic buildings), more than 840K artworks, featuring maritime art & history, American art, Asian, Oceanic & African art, Asian export art, and 2 large libraries (400K books, manuscripts, etc.).
●Salem Witch Museum – 19½ North Washington Square; 978-744-1692; salemwitchmuseum.com; memorable attraction, both interesting and scary; main draw is 3-dimensional A-V presentation with life-size figures in huge room lined with displays lighted in sequence, describing witchcraft trials and accompanying hysteria; also small exhibit that traces history of witches, witchcraft, and witch hunts.

Saugus
Restaurants
●Kane’s Donuts – 120 Lincoln Avenue; 781-233-8499; kanesdonuts.com; no-frills; try honey-dipped and powdered sugar varieties.



HAMPDEN COUNTY
Brimfield
Sights & Sites
●Brimfield Antiques & Collectibles Shows – Route 20; 413-283-2418; brimfieldshow.org; world’s largest outdoor antiques show; 3 times yearly.

Springfield
Restaurants
●Student Prince – 8 Fort Street; 413-788-6628; studentprince.com; German food made from scratch in retro atmosphere; excellent Hungarian goulash.



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
Amherst (includes Montague)
Restaurants
●Montague Bookmill – 440 Greenfield Road (Montague); 413-367-9206; montaguebookmill.com; cafe in 19^th Century riverbank grain mill.
Shopping
●Montague Bookmill – 440 Greenfield Road (Montague); 413-367-9206; montaguebookmill.com; used bookshop in 19^th Century riverbank grain mill.
Sights & Sites
●Emily Dickinson Museum – 280 Main Street; 413-542-8161; emilydickinsonmuseum.org; historic house museum consisting of 2 houses, (1) Dickinson Homestead (also known as Emily Dickinson Home or Emily Dickinson House), and (2) Evergreens; Dickinson Homestead is her birthplace and home from 1855-1886; house next door, Evergreens, built by her father, Edward Dickinson, in 1856 as wedding present for her brother William Austin Dickinson.



MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Somerville
Restaurants
●R.F. O’Sullivan & Son – 282 Beacon Street; 617-492-7773; rf-osullivan.com; hamburgers.
●Spoke – 89 Holland Street; 617-718-9463; spokewinebar.com; where off-duty chefs go.



NORFOLK COUNTY
Quincy
Sights & Sites
●Adams National Historical Park – 135 Adams Street; 617-770-1175; nps.gov/adam; preserves home of 2 U.S. Presidents (John & John Quincy Adams), as well as of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, and of historian-writers Henry & Brooks Adams; 11 buildings tell story of 5 Adams family generations (1720-1927), including Presidents, First Ladies, U.S. Ministers, historians, writers & family members who supported and contributed to their success; in addition to Peacefield, home to 4 generations, historic features include John Adams Birthplace, John Quincy Adams Birthplace, and Stone Library (built in 1870 to house books of John Quincy Adams and believed to be 1^st presidential library), containing more than 14K historic volumes in 12 languages; off-site Visitors Center less than 1 mile away.



PLYMOUTH COUNTY
Plymouth
Hotels
●Mirbeau Inn & Spa at Pinehills – 33 Summerhouse Drive; 508-209-2000 or 877-647-2328; mirbeau.com/pinehills; 16 rooms in Manor House, including 2 romantic Turret Suites & 2 elegant 1-bedroom suites; all guest rooms feature fireplace, over-sized bathrooms equipped with walk-in showers, soaking tubs, and double sinks, and views over either Monet pond garden or Village Green.
Services
●Mirbeau Inn & Spa at Pinehills – 33 Summerhouse Drive; 508-209-2000; mirbeau.com/pinehills.
Sights & Sites
●Plimoth Plantation – 137 Warren Avenue; 508-746-1622; plimoth.org.



WORCESTER COUNTY
Sterling
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
●Bakery at Meadowbrook Orchards – 209 Chace Hill Road; 978-365-7617; meadowbrookorchards.com; pies.
Restaurants
●Meadowbrook Orchards – 209 Chace Hill Road; 978-365-7617; meadowbrookorchards.com; all meals served but notable, in particular, for breakfast.
Shopping
●Farmstore at Meadowbrook Orchards – 209 Chace Hill Road; 978-365-7617; meadowbrookorchards.com; 100 acres rolling farmland that 5 generations of Chandler family have worked (since 1912); wide variety apples, blueberries, pumpkins, nectarines, and raspberries.

Sturbridge
Sights & Sites
●Old Sturbridge Village – 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road; 508-347-3362 or 800-733-1830; osv.org.

Worcester
Restaurants
●Bocado – 82 Winter Street; 508-797-1011; bocadotapasbar.com; tapas.
●Boulevard Diner – 155 Shrewsbury Street; 508-791-4535; nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome; historic diner built by Worcester Lunch Car Company in 1936 as #730; well-preserved instance of barrel-roof diner; 8 bays wide & 4 deep, with entrances at sides; eastern entrance is enclosed in 1950s steel-&-glass enclosure; western entrance is accessed by enclosed stair; both still have original wooden doors; on National Register of Historic Places.