The Story of Massachusetts In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Massachusetts landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Bay State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Drive-in theaters... cranberries... Sears kit houses... trolley parks... Lariat</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rope... diners... history-changing forts... nails... lighthouses... whales...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>boardwalks... pioneering railroads...mimetic architecture... kissing</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bridges... ice houses... octagonal buildings... chocolate... post office</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>murals... clam shacks... tea parties... life-altering inventions... Carne-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>gie libraries... ski lodges... The Big E... carousels... stone bridge mas-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>terpieces... Shakers... Carpenter Gothic cottages... candlepins... This</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Massachusetts uniquely Massachusetts. What Massachusetts</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>cemetery was a major tourist attraction in the 1800s? Solved. At what</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>course was golf's shot heard round the world fired? A mystery no</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>more. What tunnel in Massachusetts claimed more lives to build than</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge combined? Identified.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Massachusetts can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Bay State standing in plain sight on Massachusetts streets!</span></p><p></p>