• Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
  Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution The Blackstone River Valley illustrates a major revolution in America's past: the Age of Industry. Evidence of the way people lived during this turning point in history can still be seen in the valley's villages, farms, cities and riverways - in a working landscape between Worcester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. In 1790, American craftsmen built the first machines that successfully used waterpower to spin cotton.
  
  
• Cape Cod National Seashore
  Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts comprises 43,557 acres of shoreline and upland landscape features, including a forty-mile long stretch of pristine sandy beach, dozens of clear, deep, freshwater kettle ponds, and upland scenes that depict past cultural influences on the land. A variety of historic structures are within the boundary of the Seashore, including lighthouses, lifesaving stations, and numerous Cape Cod style houses.
  
  
• ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
  The Essex National Heritage Area lives up to it's name. Covering 500 square miles, it's not one location, but thousands of historical sites. Not a mile-long beach, but miles and miles of intact landscapes and glistening coastal areas. Not one story and tradition, but lifetimes of rich experiences that chronicle the history of our region, and our nation. Headquarters at 6 Central Street, Salem, Massachusetts.
  
  
• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
  Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is widely recognized as the founder of the profession of landscape architecture in the United States and the nation's foremost parkmaker. At his home and office in Brookline, Massachusetts, are hundreds of thousands of original design records detailing work on many of the most treasured landscapes in America including the United States Capitol, White House, and Jefferson Memorial Grounds.
  
  
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
  John F. Kennedy National Historic Site preserves the birthplace in 1917 and boyhood home of the 35th President of the United States. The modest frame house at 83 Beals Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, was also the first home shared by the president's father and mother, Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and represents the social and political beginnings of one of the world's most prominent families.
  
  
• Longfellow National Historic Site
  Longfellow National Historic Site is an outstanding example of a historic site representing the themes of arts and literature. For almost half a century (1837-1882) this was the home of one of the world's foremost poets, scholars and educators, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Extensive museum collections, most dating from Longfellow's occupancy, include an array of American and European decorative arts from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; a fine arts collection representing a broad range of important nineteenth century painters and sculptors including Gilbert Stuart and Albert Bierstadt; Longfellow's personal library and family papers dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  
  
• Lowell National Historical Park
  The history of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum with its operating weave room of 88 power looms, "mill girl" boardinghouses, the Suffolk Mill Turbine Exhibit and guided tours tell the story of the transition from farm to factory, chronicle immigrant and labor history and trace industrial technology. The park includes textile mills, worker housing, 5.6 miles of canals, and 19th-century commercial buildings.
  
  
• Massachusetts - Boston African-American National Historic Site
  Located in the heart of Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, the site includes 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community, including: the African Meeting House, the oldest standing African-American church in the United States. The sites are linked by the 1.6 mile (2.5 km) Black Heritage Trail®.
  
  
• Massachusetts - Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
  Boston Harbor Islands NRA includes 30 islands situated within the Greater Boston shoreline. The islands are rich in natural and cultural resources. The Boston Harbor Islands offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy beaches, fishing and hiking, historic structures, picnic and camping areas, wildlife, and spectacular views of Massachusetts Bay and the Boston skyline. Ranger-led tours about history and nature are available on several of the islands and on Boston Harbor.
  
  
• Massachusetts - Boston National Historical Park
  Seven of the eight privately, municipally and federally owned and managed historic sites that comprise Boston National Historical Park are connected by the Freedom Trail, including Boston's Old State House, Old South Meeting House, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Bunker Hill Monument and Charlestown Navy Yard. The eighth site, Dorchester Heights Monument, is located in the residential neighborhood of South Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
• Massachusetts - Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  Salem Maritime, the first National Historic Site in the National Park System, was established to preserve and interpret the maritime history of New England and the United States. The Site consists of about nine acres of land and twelve historic structures along the waterfront in Salem, Massachusetts, as well as a Visitor Center in downtown Salem.
  
  
• Massachusetts - Springfield Armory National Historic Site
  Housed in the original Main Arsenal, the museum maintains one of the most extensive and unique firearms collections in the world. Special exhibits, events and film. Public and school programs. Springfield Armory National Historic Site encompasses approximately 55 acres and several buildings of the original armory complex. Located in Western Massachusetts.
  
  
• Minute Man National Historical Park
  Created in 1959, Minute Man National Historical Park preserves and protects the significant historic sites, structures, properties and landscapes associated with the opening battles of the American Revolution. Most importantly, Minute Man interprets the colonial struggle for natural rights and freedoms. Located in Concord, Lincoln, and Lexington, Massachusetts.
  
  
• National Historic Site
  This is the site of the first integrated ironworks in North America, 1646-68. It includes the reconstructed blast furnace, forge, rolling mill, and a restored seventeenth century house. The site's enclave setting on the Saugus River, featuring an open-air museum with working waterwheels, evokes a unique experience for park visitors. The park is located in Eastern Massachusetts twenty minutes south of Salem and twenty minutes north of Boston.
  
  
• NEW BEDFORD WHALING NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
  New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park was established on November 12, 1996. This 13 block, 34-acre area of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, is one of the newest of the nation's 379 National Park Service areas and commemorates the history and heritage of New Bedford as the world's leading port for the whaling industry.
  
  
• Walden Pond State Reservation
  Henry David Thoreau lived at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847. His experience at Walden provided the material for the book Walden, which is credited with helping to inspire awareness and respect for the natural environment. The area located in Massachusetts, is popular for fishing, swimming, and walking. To protect the natural resources of the area and ensure that Walden Pond remains a pleasant place for people in the future, the number of visitors is limited to no more than 1,000 people at a time.
  
  

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