Massachusetts

Did you know that Nantucket was the inspiration for the novel Moby Dick? During the 1700’s to mid 1830’s, Nantucket was the Whaling Capital of the World. The most prized catch was the sperm whale, [...]

This candy-colored gingerbread storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground. It now boasts 300 summer cottages in high demand. Although the houses are charming, the tiny size of some preclude a bathroom, so some [...]

Well... Martha's Vineyard is a bit of false advertising. We met no one named Martha, and there was NO vineyard! What WAS made here? Jaws, the 1975 Steven Spielberg summer blockbuster.

Hyannis became famous as a playground for the Kennedy family. JFK's father Joe Kennedy, already a millionaire in 1926, had been blackballed from a private club near Boston, reportedly due to his Irish Catholic roots. [...]

We ferried over to Chappaquiddick Island on our bikes to check out the famous Dyke bridge. In 1969, that's where Senator Ted Kennedy drove off the bridge (which at the time had no guardrails), overturning [...]

A whimsical and practical inventor, John Hammond (1888-1965) is credited with more than 800 patents on more than 400 inventions, mostly in the fields of radio control and naval weaponry.  Mentored by both Thomas Edison [...]

Can you believe the JFK Presidential Library didn't open until 1979?  It was delayed due to so many things - JFK's assassination in 1963 followed by RFK's assassination in 1968.  Lyndon Johnson built his in [...]

Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, established in 1636 by Massachusetts Bay Colony.  Named after the college's first benefactor, minister John Harvard, who upon his death in 1638 left [...]

Plymouth, MA was our destination to see the Mayflower II, which is an exact replica of the original ship.  It was built in Devon, England and sailed to the US in 1957.  It landed in [...]

We had a wonderful stay in Wellesley, MA with our friends, the Bedi's.  Walden Pond is in Concord, right around the corner from their house!  On a beautiful clear fall day, we had a nice [...]

Salem was a bucket list destination for me.  One of my ancestors, Lydia Gilbert, was hung in Connecticut in 1654, well before the Salem witch trials of 1692.  Very sad, as she obviously had children. [...]

Completed in 1851, this jail housed some of Boston's most notorious criminals, and is now a luxury hotel. Mike says he never slept better!Patriot's Day reenactment of the midnight ride of Paul Revere-by one of his descendants!  To quote [...]