Top 10 Attractions in Massachusetts

From legendary historic locales to amphibious guided tours and even one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world, here are the Top 10 Massachusetts attractions.

1. Plymouth Rock
   Water Street
   Plymouth, MA   02360
   800-210-1620
   

   Visit one of the most significant landmarks in the country of America, only in Massachusetts. Plymouth Rock is where our country was discovered by European settlers to whom we owe our national ancestry. Enrich your cultural knowledge by discovering this symbolic landing place of the Pilgrims in 1620.

2. Nantasket Beach
   Nantasket Avenue (off Route 228)
   Hull, MA   02045
   

   Visit this ever-exciting beach and lay out in the beautiful Massachusetts sand. When you get tired of soaking up the rays, check out the cultural smorgasbord that thrives on the sand-side boardwalk. Guests to Massachusetts can catch live performances by local performance artists, and we’re sure you’ll be amazed by everything from great music to men impersonating statues.

3. Boston Duck Tours
   Prudential Center
   and Museum of Science
   Boston, MA   02116
   617-267-DUCK
   

   Learn everything you can about the cosmopolitan metropolis of Boston, Massachusetts’s most prized city. Tours departing from the Museum of Science and the Prudential Center will pit you in the middle of Boston’s rich spectrum of culture and history, and you won’t miss a single detail with the knowledgeable help of your tour guide. Tours take place aboard a WWII amphibious vehicle which cruises on-wheel through the streets and then converts into a cruise vehicle to plunge into the Charles River.

4. Harvard University
   26 Oxford Street
   Cambridge, MA   02138
   617-495-3045
   

   Where else can you go to see the oldest college in the country of America but Massachusetts? Founded 150 years before the revolutionary war – 1638, to be exact – Harvard is by far the oldest academic institution of higher learning in the New World. With seven presidential alumni and countless other contributors to science, math, and the arts, Harvard ranks among the world’s most prestigious Universities.

5. Worcester Art Museum
   55 Salisbury Street
   Worcester, MA   01609
   508-799-4406
   

   Visitors to Massachusetts will want to stop off at this exquisite collection of some of the world’s finest art. On display are human creations spanning the millennia, from ancient Asian and Greco-Roman art to some of the most well-known masters of the late last millennium, including El Greco, Gauguin, Monet, and Whistler. Don’t miss this amazing cultural experience.

6. Old Sturbridge Village
   1 Old Sturbridge Village Road
   Sturbridge, MA   01566
   800-SEE-1830
   

   Old Sturbridge Village isn’t exactly a museum; it’s been affectionately and somewhat accurately described as “a living museum.” And while it doesn’t eat, breathe, and sleep like we do, it does depict America’s past in a simulation which stimulates all five senses. Explore this recreation 1830’s village, with farm animals, townhouses, and learning centers for both kids and adults. Call ahead for performances and special events.

7. Martha’s Vineyard
   Martha’s Vineyard is actually an island located just off the southern coast of Cape Cod. Come here to experience some of the most beautiful summer weather in the world, and spend a leisurely day on one of its many picturesque beaches. Some of the most wealthy individuals in the world come to Martha’s Vineyard to spend the summer in their vacation homes on this lovely island. Wine tastings are incidentally scattered throughout.
   
   
8. Art's Dune Tours
   4 Standish Street
   Provincetown, MA   02657
   800-894-1951
   

   Want to find out everything you can about Cape Cod and, in specific, the Provincetown area? Now you can, and nature-lovers who wish to educate their minds will delight in the wonderful chance to follow a knowledgeable leader around Provincetown while being shown some of the area’s most beautiful beaches and dunes.

9. Buckman Tavern
   1 Bedford Street
   Lexington, MA   02420
   781-862-5598
   

   Visitors to the historically significant state of Massachusetts won’t want to miss out on one of the most historic displays in the nation. Buckman Tavern is the intact location of the meeting place of the Minute Men on the morning of April 19, 1775, the day when shots first rang out to signify that the war which would eventually birth our country had begun. Take a tour of the tavern, which is complete with period furnishings.

10. The Butterfly Place
    120 Tyngsboro Road
    Westford, MA   01886
    978-392-0955
    

    The butterfly place will delight both kids and adults alike as they view the winged creatures which have mystified and been the affectionate delights of humans since the species’ inception. In this glass building, visitors to Massachusetts will find over 500 species of living butterflies with which they may associate up-close and personal.

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