The Plastic Garden Along The Saugus Bike Trail
Just north of Laurel Street, along a dirt section of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus, Massachusetts, is a garden that’s always in bloom. Located…Continue Reading →
Celebrate Halloween In Salem’s Curious 1630 ‘Pioneer Village’
Salem, Massachusetts, is a city filled with curious attractions, but one of the most curious is “Pioneer Village: Salem in 1630.” Billed as “America’s First Living History Museum,” it was…Continue Reading →
The Man Who Took Care Of Winnie-The-Pooh’s House
Just north of Harvard Yard in Cambridge sits the Harvard Science Building. And just to its left, on its west side facing toward Cambridge Common, is the stump of a…Continue Reading →
Visiting Mary Nohl’s Enchanted Cottage On The Shore of Lake Michigan
“We wanted to believe a witch lived there,” Jim Stingl, a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, recalled not quite a month after the artist Mary Nohl died in 2001. He’d…Continue Reading →
Mainers Create World’s Largest (So They Say) Ice Merry-Go-Round
Earlier this month, dozens of Mainers in the far northern reaches of the state created what they say is the largest ice carousel ever made. The feat—organized by Snowmobile Northern…Continue Reading →
How To Get To An Incredible Frozen Waterfall Via The Orange Line
Recent snows and rains and frosts have transformed the Cascade falls in Melrose into a dazzling ice palace. The 40-foot-tall formation is one of the closest waterfalls to Boston—and an…Continue Reading →