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Six Local Spots Make State List

Locations such as Castle Rock and Abbot Hall make the cut for state list.

It's no secret to residents that places such as Castle Rock, Abbot Hall and Chandler Hovey Park are locations not to miss in town, but now those places may soon have more visitors. 

This is because those locales along with Fort Sewall, Marblehead Lighthouse and The Jeremiah Lee Mansion are included on the list released by the state today of 1,000 great places to visit in Massachusetts. 

The list was created by a committee of lawmakers from all regions of the state as well as tourism experts and aimed to include places that make the Bay State special. Every location on the list is also open to the public.

The final list was whittled down from nearly 13,000 nominations submitted by citizens.

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Executive Director of the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce Anne Marie Casey,  said she is thrilled the list includes not only Marblehead but places otherwise unknown.

"The list really encompasses the commonwealth," Casey said. "I'm from Willmington and I'm happy to see some locations included. Wilmington is not typically a tourist destination."

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Casey said the list is a good incentive for people, no matter where they live, to see what is in their backyard.

"This is a wonderful list the legislature put together. Any incentive to boost tourism is a good move," she said.

Already this summer, Casey said she has noticed the trend of "staycations" picking up steam. Rather than pay for a pricey trip abroad or out of state, locals are choosing to stay stateside and tour some of the locations, such as those included on the list of 1,000 great places.

"In response to the trend, we're doing our part to create new partnerships," Casey said. 

New this year, Marblehead Chamber, visitor's booth and other locations are stocking brochures for places such as Nantucket or Central Massachusetts.

"The places we have brochures for also have Marblehead brochures," Casey said. "This is all in response to keeping it local."

Here is the list of the 1,000 Great Places to Visit:

Abington

Ames Nole State Park 

Acushnet
The Long Plain Museum 

Acton
The Discovery Museum 

Adams
Mount Greylock State Reservation, Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, The Quaker Meeting House, Veterans Memorial Tower 

Agawam
Robinson State Park, Six Flags New England 

Alford
Alford Center, Knox Trail 

Amesbury
John Greenleaf Whittier House, Lowell's Boat Shop, Powwow River, Rocky Hill Meetinghouse 

Amherst
Emily Dickinson Museum, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Jones Library, National Yiddish Book Center, Robert Frost Trail 

Andover
Addison Gallery of American Art, The Andover Historical Society 

Aquinnah
Aquinnah Gay Head Cliffs 

Arlington
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum, Mystic Lakes, Robbins Farm Park, Robbins Library, Spy Pond, Wilson Statue in Arlington Center 

Ashburnham
Mount Watatic 

Ashby
Bartholomew's Cobble, Trap Falls in Willard Brook State Forest 

Ashfield
Ashfield Plain Historic District, Double Edge Theatre 

Ashland
Ashland State Park, Town Forest 

Assonet
Profile Rock, The Freetown Historical Society Museum 

Athol
Alan E. Rich Environmental Park, Athol Historical Society 

Attleboro
Capron Park Zoo, National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary 

Auburn
Goddard Rocket launching site at Goddard Park 

Avon
DW Field Park 

Ayer
Nashua River Rail Trail 

Barnstable
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Hyannis Harbor, JFK Museum, Kennedy Family Compound, Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Melody Tent, Sandy Neck Beach, Sturgis Library, The Hyannis National Guard Armory 

Barre
Barre Falls Dam, Barre Town Common, Carter and Stevens Farm, Cook's Canyon 

Becket
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Upper Goose Pond 

Bedford
Two Brothers Rocks, Job Lane House, The Bedford Flag at the Bedford Free Public Library 

Belchertown
Stone House Museum, The Quabbin Reservoir Visitor Center 

Bellingham
Paul Bunyan Statue 

Belmont
Beaver Brook Reserve, Mass Audubon Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary 

Berkley
Bridge Village Historic District, Dighton Rock State Park 

Berkshires
Appalachian Trail, Berkshire section, Mohawk Trail scenic byway, Williamstown to Shirley, The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in the Berkshires 

Berlin
Golden Skep Daylily Farm 

Bernardston
Crumpin-Fox Golf Club 

Beverly
Balch House, Endicott College, Lynch Park, North Shore Rte. 127, Sedgwick Gardens at Long Hill 

Billerica
Greenwood Tree Farm, The Historic Concord River 

Blackstone
Blackstone River & Canal Park, Daniels Farmstead 

Blandford
Blandford Ski Area 

Bolton
Bolton Spring Farm, Nashoba Valley Winery 

Boston
Arnold Arboretum, Beacon Hill, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Cafe 939 at Berklee College of Music, Black Heritage Trail, Boston Athenaeum, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Children's Museum, Boston Common, Boston Conservatory, Boston Freedom Trail, Boston Harbor Islands, Boston Irish Heritage Trail, Boston Massacre Site, Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Boston Museum of Science, BU Huntington Theatre, Bunker Hill Monument

Castle Island, Charlestown Navy Yard, Cheers Bar (Bull and Finch), Chinatown, Citi Performing Arts Center, Dillaway-Thomas House, Doyle's Cafe, East Boston Greenway, Erie Pub, Faneuil Hall, Fenway Park, First Parish Church, Forest Hills Cemetery, Franklin Park Zoo

Gibson House Museum, Hanover Street, in the North End, Harrison Gray Otis House, Hayden Planetarium, Haymarket, Highland Park (Fort Hill, Roxbury), Holy Trinity Church at Copley Square, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Jamaica Pond, JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Longfellow Bridge

Mapparium, Christian Science Center, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, New England Aquarium, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Nichols House Museum, North Bennet Street School

Old City Hall, Old Granary Burying Ground, Old North Church, Old South Church, Old South Meeting House, Old State House Museum, Omni Parker House Hotel, Paul Revere House, Piers Park, Paramount Theatre, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

Samuel Adams Brewery, Shirley-Eustis House, SoWa neighborhood in the South End, State House, Sullivan's, Symphony Hall, The Boston Center for the Arts, The Commonwealth Museum and Archives, The Don Orione Shrine, The Esplanade, The Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital, The Liberty Hotel

The Longfellow Bridge, The Skywalk Observatory, The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, The Wilbur Theatre, Dorchester Heights, Union Oyster House, USS Cassin Young, USS Constitution, USS Constitution Museum, Wally's Café, Neponset River Greenway 

Bourne
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, The Herring Run Recreation Area at the Cape Cod Canal, Cape Cod Canal Bike Path, Scusset Beach State Reservation 

Boxborough
The Quilted Crow 

Boxford
Boxford State Forest, Boxford village historic district 

Boylston
Tower Hill Botanical Garden 

Braintree
Braintree Historical Society / Thayer House Museum 

Brewster
Brewster Museum of Natural History, Cape Cod Rail Trail, Nickerson State Park, Stony Brook Grist Mill, The Brewster Flats, The Crosby Mansion, The Old Mill 

Bridgewater
Bridgewater State College Campus, Center Historic District 

Brimfield
Town Green 

Brockton
Campanelli Park, Home of the Brockton Rox, Fuller Craft Museum 

Brookfield
Brookfield Common Historic District, Elm Hill Farm Historic District, Walker Homestead 

Brookline
Allendale Farm, Brookline Puppet Showcase Theater, Brookline Arts Center, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Larz Anderson Park, Museum of Transportation, The Coolidge Corner Theatre 

Buckland
Route 112 Historical Rural Landscape, Wilder Homestead 

Burlington
Francis Wyman House 

Cambridge
Alewife Reservation, Alexander Calder's Great Sail sculpture at MIT, Central Square, Central Square Theater, Club Passim, Eastcoast Greenway along the Charles River

Harvard Art Museum, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Harvard Square, Harvard Yard, Longfellow National Historic Site, MIT Museum, Mount Auburn Cemetery,, Multicultural Arts Center, Sanctuary Theater, The Dance Complex 

Canton
Irish Cultural Centre, Mass Audubon Visual Art Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Signal Hill, The Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate, The Ponkapoag Pond Trails 

Carlisle
Great Brook State Park 

Carver
The Bicycle Trails of Carver, Edaville Railroad 

Charlemont
Bissell Cover Bridge, Mohawk Trail State Forest, The Charlemont Inn, The Deerfield River 

Charlton
Charlton's Northside Historic District, The Charlton Sewing Center 

Chatham
Chatham Light, Chatham Village, Monomoy Island, The Chatham Fish Pier 

Chelmsford
Chelmsford Center Historic District 

Chelsea
Apollinaire Theatre Company 

Chester
Keystone Arch Bridges, Sanderson Brook Falls 

Chesterfield
Chesterfield Gorge 

Cheshire
Pioneer Monument at Stafford Hill 

Chilmark
Menemsha Harbor 

Clarksburg
Clarksburg State Park 

Clinton
Russian Icon Museum, Wachusett Dam 

Cohasset
Cohasset Village, Minots Ledge Light, South Shore Music Circus 

Colrain
Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge, Colrain Center Historic District 

Concord
Revolutionary War Battle Sites at Concord, Concord Museum, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, Minuteman National Park, Old North Bridge, The Old Manse, Village Forge Tavern at Colonial Inn, Walden Pond 

Conway
Burkville Bridge 

Cummington
William Cullen Bryant Homestead 

Dalton
Crane Paper Company Museum, Wahconate Falls State Park 

Danvers
Connors Farm, Glen Magna Estate, Peabody Institute Library, Rebecca Nurse Homestead 

Dartmouth
Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Demarest Lloyd State Beach, Padanaram Village, Russells Mills, The Lloyd Center 

Dedham
Historic Fairbanks House 

Deerfield
Historic Deerfield Village, Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, Memorial Hall Museum, The Zoar Gap, Yankee Candle Village 

Dennis
Bass River, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Cold Storage Beach, Mayflower Beach, Scargo Tower, Sesuit Harbor 

Dighton
Dighton Historic District 

Douglas
Douglas State Forest, Old Douglas Center Historic District 

Dover
Chase Woodlands, Noanet Woodlands 

Dracut
Farmer Dave's 

Dudley
Dudley Hill/Nichols College Campus 

Duxbury
Alden House Museum, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury Public Beach, Powder Point Bridge 

East Bridgewater
Sachem Rock Farm 

East Brookfield
Lake Lasaway Beach 

East Longmeadow
The Norcross House 

Eastham
Cape Cod National Seashore, Coast Guard Beach, First Encounter Beach, Fort Hill 

Easthampton
Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Mt Tom State Park 

Easton
Borderland State Park, Children's Museum of Easton, The Ames Free Library 

Edgartown
Cape Poge Light Chappaquiddick Island, Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Norton Point, South Beach, Wasque Beach on Chappaquiddick 

Egremont
Catamount Ski 

Erving
Erving Castle / Hermit's Cave, Erving Engine House Museum, Laurel Lake 

Essex
Cogswell's Grant, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Woodman's 

Everett
Mystic River Reservation 

Fairhaven
Fort Phoenix, Historic Center, West Island 

Fall River
Battle Ship Cove, Fall River Heritage State Park, Fall River Bio-reserve, Lizzie Borden House/Museum, Narrows Center for the Arts

Falmouth
Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary, Bourne Farm, Falmouth Shining Sea Bikeway, Falmouth Museums on the Green, Highfield Hall, Nobska Point Lighthouse, Spohr Garden on Fells Road, The Knob, Woods Hole, Woods Hole Village 

Fitchburg
Coggshall Park, Fitchburg Art Museum 

Florida
Elk Memorial Sculpted by Eli Harvey, Hail to the Sunrise Statue, Hairpin Turn Overlook on Route 2, Hoosic Tunnel 

Foxboro
Patriot's Place and Museum 

Framingham
Amazing Things Arts Center, Callahan State Park, Danforth Museum of Art, Garden in the Woods (N. E. Wild Flower Society) 

Franklin
Franklin Historic Common 

Freetown
Assonet Historic District, Freetown State Forest 

Gardner
Gardner Furniture District, Gardner Heritage State Park, Gardner Museum 

Georgetown
Georgetown-Rowley State Forest, Jay Shay Art Studio and Gallery 

Gill
Barton's Cove, Songline Emu Farm 

Gloucester
Beauport-Sleeper McCann House Museum, Cape Ann Museum, Downtown Gloucester, Eastern Point Light, Fisherman's Memorial, Gloucester City Hall, Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, Good Harbor Beach, Hammond Castle Museum, Rocky Neck, Sargent House Museum, Schooner Thomas E. Lannon, Stage Fort Park, Wingaersheek Beach 

Goshen
Three Sisters Sanctuary 

Gosnold
Cuttyhunk Island, Hadley's Harbor, Tarpaulin Cove Light 

Grafton
The Willard House and Clock Museum, Grafton Common Historic District 

Granby
Pinetum Farm, Red Fire Farm 

Granville
Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation 

Great Barrington
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Monument Mountain, Ski Butternut 

Greenfield
Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, Poet's Seat, Pumping Station Bridge 

Groton
Gibbett Hill 

Groveland
Elm Park 

Hadley
Mt. Sugarloaf, Tobacco Barns, Hadley Farm 

Halifax
Historic District on Route 106 

Hamilton
Appleton Farm, Green Meadows Farm 

Hampden
Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary 

Hancock
Ioka Valley Farm, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort 

Hanover
Briggs Stable, Luddam's Ford Falls 

Hanson
Camp Kiwanee 

Hardwick
Hardwick Covered Bridge, Hardwick Village Historic District 

Harvard
Carlson Orchards, Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, The Fruitlands Museum 

Harwich
Harwich Junior Theatre, Historic downtown Harwich Port 

Hatfield
Brad Street Historic Distict 

Haverhill
Bradford Common Historic District, Historic District, Lake Kenoza Walkways and Park, Winnekenni Castle and Parks/Trails 

Hawley
Hawley Bog 

Heath
The Benson Place 

Hingham
Bare Cove Fire Museum, Bare Cove Park, Wampatuck State Park, World's End 

Hinsdale
Bas Ridge Golf Course 

Holbrook 
Robert Schoolhouse, Town Forest 

Holden
Holden Center Historic District 

Holland
Holland Pond 

Holliston
Arch Bridge 

Holyoke
Children's Museum, Holyoke Canal Walk, Holyoke Merry-Go-Round at Heritage State Park, Wistariahurst Museum and Carriage House, Volleyball Hall of Fame 

Hopedale
Bancroft Memorial Library 

Hopkinton
Center Historic District, Hopkinton State Park 

Hubbardston
Hubbardston Town Common Historic District 

Hudson
Wood Park, Wood Square Historic District 

Hull
Carousel Under the Clock, Hull Library, Hull Lifesaving Museum, Nantasket Beach 

Huntington
Jacob's Ladder Scenic Byway 

Ipswich
Appleton Farms, Castle Hill Estate, Crane Beach, Hog Island, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Russell Orchards, Willowdale State Forest 

Kingston
Historic District 

Lakeville
Lake Assawompsett 

Lancaster
First Church of Christ 

Lanesborough
Constitution Hill 

Lawrence
Den Rock Park, Essex Art Center, Great Stone Dam, Merrimack River, Lawrence History Center 

Lee
Main Street, Museum of Animation, Special Effects and Art, October Mt. State Park, Prime Outlets 

Leicester
Washburn Square and Historic District 

Lenox
Berkshire Scenic Railway, Tanglewood, Cranwell Resort Spa & Golf Club, The Mount, Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio, Kennedy Park, Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Shakespeare and Company, Ventfort Hall 

Leominster
Sholan Farms 

Leverett
Rattlesnake Gutter/Brushy Mountain, The Peace Pagoda 

Lexington
Lexington Center, The Lexington Battle Green, The Minuteman Statue 

Leyden
Frizzell Hill 

Littleton
Spring Brook Farm 

Lincoln
Codman Estate, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Drumlin Farm Mass Audubon Sanctuary, Gropius House, Mt. Misery 

Longmeadow
Historic District 

Lowell
Brush Art Gallery and Artists Studios, LeLacheur Park, Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell Riverwalk - Sampson Pavilion, The American Textile History Museum, The Jack Kerouac Commemorative, The Revolving Museum, Tsongas Industrial History Center, Western Avenue Studios 

Ludlow
Lupa Zoo 

Lunenburg
Historic District, The Drawbridge Puppet Theater 

Lynn
Lynn Heritage State Park, Lynn Historical Society and Museum., Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn Woods, High Rock Observation Tower, Raw Art Works 

Lynnfield
Meetinghouse Common District 

Malden
Converse Memorial Building 

Manchester
Coolidge Reservation, Manchester Village Historic District, Singing Beach 

Mansfield
Mansfield Music & Arts Society 

Marblehead
Abbot Hall, Castle Rock, Chandler Hovey Park, Fort Sewall, Marblehead Light House, The Jeremiah Lee Mansion 

Marion
Bird Island Light, Marion Art Center 

Marlborough
Center and West Main Historic District 

Marshfield
Brant Rock, Daniel Webster Estate & Heritage Center, Green Harbor, North River Wildlife Sanctuary, Marshfield Hills General Store, 1699 Winslow House 

Mashpee
Cape Cod Children's Museum, Old Indian Church, South Cape Beach, Waquoit Bay 

Mattapoisett
Acme Theater, Museum and Carriage House, Ned's Point Light 

Maynard
Brooks Estate 

Medfield
Rhododendron Reserve, Rocky Woods 

Medford
Middlesex Fells Reservation, Royall House and Slave Quarters 

Medway
Village Historic District 

Melrose
Melrose Memorial Hall, Melrose Public Library, Melrose Town Center Historic District, Mt. Hood Tower 

Mendon
Maple Farm Sanctuary, Mendon Center Historic District, Mendon Drive-In, Southwick's Zoo 

Merrimac
Lake Attitash/Merrimacport Village Center 

Methuen
Methuen Memorial Music Hall 

Middleborough
The Robbins Museum of Archaeology 

Middlefield
Glendale Falls, Historic Railroad/Keystone Arch Bridges 

Middleton
Flint Public Library 

Milford
Louisa Lake, St Mary's Cemetery 

Millbury
Asa Waters Mansion, Pearson Dairy Farm 

Millis
Historic District 

Millville
Main Street Historic District 

Milton
Blue Hill Observatory, Blue Hills Trailside Museum, Governor Hutchinson Field, Milton Art Museum, The Falls at Lower Mills 

Monson
Keep Homestead Museum, Peaked Mountain, Tupperhill Wildlife Sanctuary 

Montague
1834 Montague Mill, The Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls Historic District 

Monterey
Beartown State Forest, Berkshire Fish Hatchery, Bidwell House Museum, Bluff Head, Lake Garfield 

Mt. Washington
Bash Bish Falls, Mount Everett 

Nahant
Bailey's Hill, Nahant Beach Boulevard & Park, Nahant Civic Historic District 

Nantucket
Nantucket Whaling Museum, African Meeting House, Brant Point Lighthouse, Coatue Reserve, Great Point Lighthouse, Jared Coffin House, Madaket, Main Street, Maria Mitchell Association

Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Sankaty Head Lighthouse, Siasconset Village/Cliff Walk, The Nantucket Boat Basin, The Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum 

Natick
Bacon Free Library, Belkin Family Lookout Farm, Broadmoor Wildlife Sacctuary 

Needham
Hemlock Gorge 

New Bedford
Baker-Robinson Whale Oil Refinery, Butler Flats Light, Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford National Historic Park!, Fort Taber/Ft. Rodman Military Museum, New Bedford Fire Museum, New Bedford Free Public Library

New Bedford Harbor and Working Waterfront, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Schooner Ernestina/Effie M. Morrissey, Seaman's Bethel, the Nathan and Polly Johnson House, The Zeiterion Theater 

New Braintree
Winimussett Meadows Wildlife Management Area 

New Marlborough
Lower Carroll Mill, The Buggy Whip Factory, The Meeting House, Thousand Acre Swamp 

New Salem
Bears Den, Prescott Peninsula, Quabbin Reservoir 

Newbury
Coffin House, The Spencer-Pierce Little Farm 

Newburyport
Audubon Joppa Flats Nature Center, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Maritime Museum, Maudslay State Park, Newburyport Boardwalk, Plum Island and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge 

Newton
Heartbreak Hill, Jackson Homestead and Museum 

Norfolk
Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary 

North Adams
A Chapel For Humanity, Elf Parlor, Jack's Hot Dog Stand, Mass MOCA, North Adams Library, Natural Bridge, North Adams Museum of History and Science, The Porches, Western Gateway Heritage State Park, Windsor Lake 

North Attleboro
Little Red Schoolhouse, Woodcock Garrison House 

North Andover
North Andover Center Historic District 

North Brookfield
Brookfield Orchards, The Warren Farm & Sugarhouse 

North Reading
Bow Street Historic District 

Northampton
David Ruggles Center, Main Street, Look Park, Norwotuck Bike Trail, Smith College Botanic Gardens, Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue, The Bean and Allard Farms 

Northborough
Tougas Family Farm, LaLaJava, Mt. Pisgah 

Northbridge
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Lookout Rock, The Whitin Mill 

Northfield
Main Street, Route 63, Notch Mountain, Schell Memorial Bridge 

Norton
Winslow Animal Sanctuary 

Norwell
Norris Reservation, South Shore Natural Science Center, The James Library 

Norwood
Fred Holland Day Historic House Museum 

Oakham
Forbes Memorial Library 

Oak Bluffs
African American Heritage Trail, Gingerbread Cottages and Tabernacle, Martha's Vineyard Bike Paths, Sengekontacket Pond, The Flying Horses Carousel, Ocean Park 

Orange
North Quabbin Woods 

Orleans
Academy of Performing Arts Playhouse, French Cable Station Museum, Nauset Beach, Rock Harbor 

Otis
Spectacle Ponds 

Oxford
Carl's Oxford Diner, Hodges Village Dam, The Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, The Huguenot Fort on top of Mayo's Hill 

Palmer
The Old Union Passenger Station 

Paxton
Moore State Park 

Peabody
Brooksby Farm, George Peabody House & Museum, Spring Pond Woods 

Pelham
Old Meetinghouse 

Pembroke
Historic District, Ada Hall House, The Herring Run, Tubbs Meadow 

Pepperell
Center Historic District 

Petersham
Common Historic District, Swift River Reservation 

Phillipston
Center Historic District, Red Apple Farm 

Pittsfield
Arrowhead, Home of Herman Melville, Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Museum, Colonial Theater, Downtown Pittsfield Arts District, Hancock Shaker Village 

Plymouth
Brewster Gardens to Jenny Pond, Ellisville Harbor State Park, Historic Plymouth Harbor, Jenney Grist Mill, Myles Standish State Forest, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth Rock, The Cordage Historical Society in Plymouth 

Plympton
Village Historic District 

Princeton
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, Princeton Center Historic District, Wachusett Ski Area 

Provincetown
Commercial Street, Pilgrim Monument, Cape Cod National Sea Shore, Hatches Harbor, Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Race Point Lighthouse, The Breakwater's Rock Passage, Fine Arts Work Center 

Quincy
Adams National Historical Park, Col. Josiah Quincy House, Marina Bay, Quincy Quarries Reservation, United First Parish Church, USS Salem/United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum 

Randolph
Stetson Hall 

Reading
The Reading Train Station, Town Forest 

Rehoboth
Village Historic District 

Revere
Revere Beach, Kelly's 

Richmond
Hilltop Orchards 

Rochester
Mary's Pond, Rochester Center Town Common 

Rockland
Memorial Library, Union Street Historic District 

Rockport
Bearskin Neck, Cape Ann Light Station, Halibut Point, Headlands; Rockport Harbor, Motif 1 in Rockport Harbor, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport Art Association 

Rowe
Pelham Lake Park 

Rowley
Agawam diner 

Royalston
Royalston Common, Royalston Falls, Tulley Lake 

Russell
Center Historic District 

Rutland
Heifer International's Overlook Farm and Global Village, Rutland State Forest 

Salem
Chestnut Street, Essex Street Pedestrian Mall, House of The Seven Gables, Misery Islands in Salem Harbor, New England Pirate Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Phillips House, Pickering Wharf Lighthouse (Derby Light)
Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem Willows Park, Salem Witch Museum, The Hawthorne Hotel, The Charter Street Burial Ground, The Salem Athenaeum, The Salem Witch Dungeon Museum, Winter Island 

Salisbury
Salisbury State Reservation 

Sandisfield
Sandisfield State Forest 

Sandwich
Benjamin Nye Homestead, Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich Grist Mill, Historic Village and Historic District, The Board Walk, Thornton W. Burgess Society 

Saugus
Kawloons Restaurant, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site 

Savoy
Tannery Falls in the Savoy Mt. State Forest 

Scituate
Lawson Tower, Maritime & Irish Mossing Museum, Scituate Harbor, Scituate Lighthouse, GAR Hall 

Seekonk
Caratunk Audobon Area, Seekonk Speedway 

Sharon
Moose Hill 

Sheffield
Mount Everett 

Shelburne 
Bridge of Flowers, Glacial potholes, Memorial Hall Association, Trolley Museum 

Sherborn
Old Town Center Historical District 

Shirley
Shaker Village 

Shrewsbury
Artemas Ward Homestead, Musical/Dancing Fountains at Dean Park 

Shutesbury
Borden Flats Light Station 

Somerset
Lake Wyola State Park 

Somerville
Davis Square, Powder House Park, The Brickbottom Artist Building, The Somerville Theater, Union Square 

South Hadley
Joseph Skinner State Park, Mount Holyoke College Campus, Nash Dinosaurland Track Quarry, The Summit House at Skinner State Park 

Southampton
Bashista Orchards 

Southborough
Breakneck Hill Conservation Land 

Southbridge
Notre Dame Church 

Southwick
Congamond Lakes 

Spencer
Saint Joseph's Abbey, Spencer State Forest, Town Center Historic District, Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm! 

Springfield
1935 The Student Prince, Basketball Hall of Fame, Central Library, City Stage, Dr. Suess Memorial, Forest Park, Mattoon Street, Museum of Springfield History, Springfield Museums Quadrangle, Smith and Wesson Museum, Springfield Armory, Titanic Historical Society Museum 

Sterling
Davis Farmland, Children's Discovery Farm, Center Historic District

Stockbridge
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Chesterwood, Ice Glen Trail, Main Street, Mission House, National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on Eden Hill, Norman Rockwell Museum, Red Lion Inn 

Stoneham
Middlesex Fells Reservation, Stone Zoo, Stoneham Theater 

Stoughton
Mary Baker Eddy Historic House 

Stow
Honey Pot Hill Orchard, The Delaney Project 

Sturbridge
Old Sturbridge Village, Publick House Historic Inn, Historic Sturbridge Center, Wells State Park 

Sudbury
Great Meadows, Grist Mill, Longfellow's Wayside Inn 

Sunderland
Mike's Maze 

Sutton
Purgatory Chasm, Vaillancourt Folk Art 

Swampscott
Olmsted Historic District 

Swansea
Abram's Rock/Myles Bridge Garrison House site 

Taunton
Old Colony Historic Society/ Church Green, Reed and Barton Company, Watson Pond State Park 

Templeton
Common Historic District 

Tewksbury
Public Health Museum at Tewksbury State Hospital 

Tisbury
Tuck and Holland, Benjamin and Gannon Shipyard, Shehandoah and Alabama Tall Ships 

Topsfield
Bradley Palmer State Park, Cleaveland Farms State Forest, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield Fairgrounds 

Tisbury
Vineyard Haven Harbor 

Townsend
Townsend Common 

Truro
Ballston Beach, Beach Point, Highland Light, Highland Links Golf Course, The bike trails through the sand dunes, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill 

Tyringham
Tyringham Cobble 

Tyngsborough
Parlee Farms 

Upton
The Upton State Forest 

Uxbridge
Riverbend State Park 

Wakefield
Breakheat Reservation, Lake Quannapowitt 

Walpole
Blackburn Hill 

Waltham
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, Gore Place, Robert Treat Paine Estate (Stonehurst), Rose Art Museum, The Lyman's Estate 

Ware
Ware Center Meeting House 

Wareham
Plymouth County Cranberry Country Routes 58 and 28., A. D. Makepeace Store, Church Street Historic District, Cranberry Bog Farms Trail, Onset Beach/Village, The Porter T. Thermometer Museum 

Warren
Public Library 

Warwick
Mount Grace State Park 

Washington
Historic District 

Watertown
Armenian Library & Museum of America., Arsenal Center for the Arts, The Edmund Fowle House Museum, The Mount Auburn Cemetery 

Wayland
Bow Road Historic District 

Webster
Main Street Historic District, Memorial Beach, Perryville Trace, Lake Webster 

Wellesley
Elm Bank Horticulture Center, Wellesley College Campus 

Wellfleet
Cahoon Hollow Beach, Jeremys Point, Marconi Station Site, Mass Audubon Society Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary, Newcomb's Hollow Beach, The Beachcomber, Town Town Center and Harbor, Uncle Tims Bridge, Wellfleet drive-in 

Wendell
Wendell State Park 

Wenham
Wenham Museum 

West Boylston
West Boylston Rail Trail 

West Bridgewater
Hockamock Swamp 

West Brookfield
Rock House Reservation, The Salem Cross Inn 

West Newbury
Crane Pond Wildlife Center 

West Springfield
Eastern States Exposition, Storrowtown Village 

West Stockbridge
Baldwin Extracts 

West Tisbury
Alley's General Store, Field Gallary and Sculpure Garden, Long Point Beach and Conservation Area, Polly Hill Arboretum, Indian Burial Ground 

Westborough
Lyman School, Vintonsville/ West Main Street 

Westfield
Crane Pond Dam on Little River, Stanley Park 

Westford
The Butterfly Place 

Westminster
Crow Hill-Leominster State Forest 

Weston
Historic District, Spellman Museum of Postal History 

Westport
Cherry and Webb Beach, Horseneck Beach, Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Westport Rivers Winery 

Westwood
Fisher Schoolhouse 

Weymouth
New England Wildlife Center, The Abigail Adams House 

Whately
Nasami Farm Native Plant Nursery and Sanctuary 

Whitman
Olmstead Town Park 

Wilbraham
Historic District 

Williamsburg
Snow Farm 

Windsor
Windsor Jambs 

Williamstown
Field Farm, Clark Art Institute, Spring Street, The Orchards Hotel, Williams College Art Museum, Williams Inn 

Wilmington
Butters House, Middlesex Canal Walk 

Winchendon
Rocking Horse Common 

Winchester
Griffin Museum of Photography 

Windsor
Notchview Reservation 

Winthrop
Winthrop Shore Drive 

Woburn
Horn Pond, Woburn Public Library 

Worcester
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, Bancroft Tower, Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center, Higgins Armory Museum, Mechanics Hall, The EcoTarium, The Hanover Theater, Tuckerman Hall, Union Station, Worcester African Cultural Center, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Historical Museum 

Worthington
Historic District 

Wrentham
Wrentham Village Premium Outlets 

Yarmouth
Boardwalk onto the Marsh at Gray's Beach, Edward Gorey's House, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Judah Baker Windmill on Bass River

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