Carltonaut's Travel Tips Freedom Trail Boston red brick sidewalk marker
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Self-Guided Walking Tour of the Freedom Trail in Boston

I’ve walked the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail in downtown Boston three times in the past eight months. We walked the trail during a family vacation in August 2017. I walked it with a work colleague during a national public relations conference in October 2017, and again with a photography friend during another work conference in March…

Carltonaut's Travel Tips Lowell National Historic-Park-Boott-Cotton Mills Museum Machines Massachusetts
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Lowell National Historical Park

We had no idea what to expect when we pulled into the parking lot of Lowell National Historical Park. I discovered it during a quick Google search of national parks in Massachusetts whole vacationing in New England with the family. We enjoyed learning about America’s first industrial city, and the interactive exhibits were something the…