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15 Best Destinations in Massachusetts (2026)

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Destinations in Massachusetts

15 destinations to explore

Adams National Historical Park, Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts

Historical Park

Adams National Historical Park

Quincy, Massachusetts

From the sweet little farm at the foot of Penn’s Hill to the gentleman’s country estate at Peace field, Adams National Historical Park is the story of “heroes, statesmen, philosophers…and learned women” whose ideas and actions helped to transform thirteen disparate colonies into one united nation.

Boston African American National Historic Site, Historic Site in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Boston African American National Historic Site

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Centered on the north slope of Beacon Hill, the African American community of 1800s Boston led the city and the nation in the fight against slavery and injustice. These remarkable men and women, together with their allies, were leaders in the Abolition Movement, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and the early struggle for equal rights and education.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Recreation Area in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Recreation Area

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Charlestown, Massachusetts

. . . where you can walk a Civil War-era fort, view historic lighthouses, explore tide pools, hike lush trails, camp under the stars, or relax while fishing, picnicking, or swimming—all within reach of downtown Boston. Youth programs, visitor services, research, wildlife management, and more are coordinated on the park's 34 islands and peninsulas by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership.

Boston National Historical Park, Historical Park in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Historical Park

Boston National Historical Park

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Discover how one city could be the Cradle of Liberty, site of the first major battle of American Revolution, and home to many who espoused that freedom can be extended to all.

Cape Cod National Seashore, Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts

Cape Cod National Seashore

Eastham, Massachusetts

The great Outer Beach described by Thoreau in the 1800s is protected within the national seashore. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and uplands support diverse species. Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod's past and continuing ways of life. Swimming beaches and walking and biking trails beckon today's visitors.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Brookline, Massachusetts

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker. Olmsted moved his home to suburban Boston in 1883 and established the world's first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design. During the next century, his sons and successors perpetuated Olmsted's design ideals, philosophy, and influence.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Brookline, Massachusetts

JFK’s parents never expected that their second son would grow up to be president. Yet in his birthplace home he learned values that inspired a life in public service. His mother, Rose Kennedy, recreated her family’s first home to share her memories of those early years with visitors. We commemorate not only his early life, but the ideas and principles he left behind.

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves a remarkable Georgian house whose occupants shaped our nation. It was a site of colonial enslavement and community activism, George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution, and the place where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his canon of 19th-century American literature.

Lowell National Historical Park, Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts

Historical Park

Lowell National Historical Park

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new industrial era. Nearly 200 years later, the changes that began here still reverberate in our shifting global economy. Explore Lowell, a living testament to the dynamic human story of the industrial revolution.

Minute Man National Historical Park, Historical Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts

Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical Park

Lincoln, Massachusetts

At Minute Man National Historical Park the opening battle of the Revolution is brought to life as visitors explore the battlefields and structures associated with April 19, 1775, and witness the American revolutionary spirit through the writings of the Concord authors.

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Historical Park

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

New Bedford, Massachusetts

"The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England..nowhere in all America will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford…all these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea." H. Melville, "Moby-Dick"

New England National Scenic Trail, Trail in Springfield, Massachusetts

New England National Scenic Trail

Springfield, Massachusetts

From the Sound to the summits: the New England Trail covers 235 miles from Long Island Sound across long ridges to scenic mountain summits in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The trail offers panoramic vistas and close-ups of New England’s natural and cultural landscape: traprock ridges, historic village centers, farmlands, unfragmented forests, quiet streams, steep river valleys and waterfalls.

Salem Maritime National Historical Park, Historical Park in Salem, Massachusetts

Historical Park

Salem Maritime National Historical Park

Salem, Massachusetts

Originally established in 1938 as the first National Historic Site in the United States, Salem Maritime National Historical Park consists of nine acres of land and twelve historic structures along the Salem waterfront, as well as a downtown visitor center. Located in the urban setting of Salem, the park preserves and interprets over 600 years of New England's maritime history and global stories.

Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Historic Site in Saugus, Massachusetts

Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

Saugus, Massachusetts

In the 1600's, on the banks of the Saugus River, something extraordinary happened! Explore the place where European iron makers brought their special skills to a young Massachusetts colony. Saugus Iron Works is a twelve-acre National Historic Site that includes working waterwheels, forges, mills, a historic 17th century home, and a lush river basin.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Historic Site in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Springfield, Massachusetts

For nearly two centuries, the U.S. Armed Forces and American industry looked to Springfield Armory for innovative engineering and superior firearms. Springfield Armory National Historic Site commemorates the critical role of the nation’s first armory by preserving and interpreting the world's largest historic US military small arms collection, along with historic archives, buildings and landscape.