| Boston is the capital
and most populous city of Massachusetts.
NATURAL WORLD
The elevation of Boston ranges from sea level to Bellevue Hill,
330 feet (101 meters).
CULTURAL WORLD
Among the cultural attractions: Bunker Hill Monument, U.S.S.
Constitution, Quincy Market, African American Heritage Trail,
Freedom Trail, Harvard Square, Public Garden and Beacon Hill.
Boston has popular sports teams including the Boston Red Sox
(baseball), Boston Bruins (hockey), Boston Celtics (basketball),
New England Patriots (American Football) and the New England
Revolution (soccer).
Boston has a vibrant music scene.
Boston is home to more than 165 universities.
MUSEUMS
Boston has a number of museums including the Museum
of Science and the Museum
of Fine Arts which is famous for its European and Asian
collections.
Harvard University has six museums.
Half are dedicated to art and the rest focus on natural history
and anthropology.
Mapparium
is a globe about 30 meters in height made in the 1930s. Each
plate of stained class depicts the world before World War II.
This exhibit is housed in the headquarters of the Christian
Science Church.
WALKING TOURS
Boston is one of the first places where the English colonized
the United States. The Freedom Trail traces the footsteps of
Paul Revere's famous midnight ride.
BIG DIG
Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel
Project (CA/T), a megaproject that rerouted the Central Artery
(Interstate 93), the chief controlled-access highway through
the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, into a 3.5 mile (5.6km)
tunnel under the city.
According to Wikipedia
the Big Dig has been the most expensive highway project in the
United States. Although the project was estimated at $2.8 billion
in 1985 (in 1982 dollars), as of 2006 more than $14.6 billion
had been spent in federal and state tax dollars.
NEARBY
Nearby are the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, Acadia
National Park in Maine, the lakes region of New Hampshire and
the forests of Vermont which are especially popular in fall
foliage times and skiing in the winter.
The White Mountains of New Hampshire have great hiking, camping
and skiing, snowmobiling. This region is also home to Mount
Washington, the highest peak in New England.
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