The Providence Children's Museum is Rhode Island’s best indoor playground and a great place for children from age 1-11 to learn about a wide array of subjects while climbing, building, burrowing and sliding through different brightly colored environments.

The Fairbanks Natural History Museum is located just off of Main Street in St. Johnsbury Vermont and is filled with thousands of preserved animals, fossils, insects and artifacts. There is an active weather station, planetarium and an internet based exhibit.

Elizabeth Park in Hartford Connecticut, bring the family for reunions, weddings, picnics, sports and more. There are walkways lined with flowers, a duck pond, a café, baseball field, tennis courts, a gazebo and greenhouses. Visit a historic rose garden with thousands of rose bushes.

Ashumet Holly Reservation is 45 acres of preserved land with a large circular walkway of well-groomed paths that span a little more than two miles. There are many plants and trees here including over a thousand holly trees of eight different species. This is also a great area for bird watching.

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Some practical advice on how to avoid getting bit by flies at New England beaches.

When I was a kid my family had a great annual tradition for the 4th of July. Corn on the cob, clams, lobsters, sausages and potatoes were thrown into the pit and then the kids got to throw more seaweed in. It was a magical time full of American flags, sparklers, hearty food and real comradery.

The Sandwich Boardwalk is 1000 feet of personalized planks laid down across Mill Creek and the Old Harbor Marsh in Sandwich Massachusetts. The marsh is full of fish, fowl and various invertebrates that live in the shallow, reed encased saltwater creeks and children always enjoy visiting here.

Amid the forests of Carver Massachusetts, in the months of October to September, a very special event is held each year. There is no pavement here, only dirt paths that wind their way past castle gates, cottages and jousting tournaments with knights on real horses. Come see our King Richard's Faire

New England boasts claim to many of America's "firsts". From sports to innovation, find out which state passed the first automobile law, produced the first insurance company, alarm clock, shopping mall, auto race, circus and more.