Our final day of Sights & Scenes brings us to northeastern MA, from the Concord area up through Haverhill and out to the coast. See the previous few days' posts in Connecticut & Rhode Island , the Worcester area , south and west of Boston , Boston itself , and north and east of Boston . Click on any of the headings here to see the stores in that group. Greater Lowell & Northern Middlesex and Return to Lowell Pepperell, MA - My first trip through this area was on an incredible fall day when I biked from Worcester up to a friend's house in Nashua, NH, winding my way through the country roads of Middlesex County. Here are some of the most beautiful scenes from Pepperell, a quaint town where we saw two little grocery stores . Littleton, MA - Same day, different location, at the postcard-perfect train station in Littleton . Carlisle, MA is about halfway between Concord and Chelmsford , and home to this former cranberry bog that's now a nature preserve. Althoug...
Time for a visit to the towns to the north and east of Boston, starting close to the city in Cambridge and Somerville. Cambridge & Somerville Porter Square - The T stop at Porter Square, which is far underground, has these cool panels depicting early locomotives hanging over the long escalators and stairs. Cambridgeport - One of the main icons of Boston is the Citgo sign in Back Bay facing out over the Charles River. It competes with this less-famous neon Shell sign, which extends far above an actual shell gas station in Cambridge. Northeastern Suburbs The waterfronts of Winthrop and Revere looking east out to the Broad Sound! Watertown, MA - We didn't see a grocery store in Watertown, but it's the place that Star Market originated decades ago. It's also home to the must-visit Deluxe Town Diner, an incredibly well-preserved diner that also serves up really good food. Lynn No more pictures from this area, unfortunately. Greater Salem Marblehead, MA is where we begin ...