While not completely unique to New England - I’ve heard there are some lanes in New York State and Florida - this bowling game is fun for the entire family.

The pins are posts and the balls are about the size of a softball. Anyone – from a 3-year-old to a person in a wheelchair – can be a competitive candlepin bowler, the weight of the ball has no bearing to one’s ability to aim and bowl it. 

The downed wood remains on the alley and can be played to advantage or becomes a hazard.  Because the pins are slender and the balls small, "splits" are a common challenge. Developing a well-placed “hook” is an asset.

It may take some telephoning to find an operating facility, but check out the Fairway Lanes on Rte. 9, Natick, Mass.

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1797-built wooden sailing ship famous for its defeat of HMS Guerriere in War of 1812 naval battle, and subject of the 1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem that saved it from demolition -
"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,..."

Charlestown, Boston
www.ussconstitution.navy.mil

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Small neighborhood Italian pastry shop that has the best cannolis in town - freshly stuffed to order.

www.modernpastry.com
Hanover St. in the North End

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Small chain of ice cream shops that offer top-notch ice cream both as to quality and selection.

www.tosci.com
Main shop is in Cambridge on Main St. near Massachusetts Ave. (near MIT) - bus #1 down Mass. Ave. or Red-line to Central Sq. underground stop.

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Art, anthropology, archaeology, natural history, science - Harvard's museums have it all: Greek pottery at the Fogg, Asian art at the Sackler, Native American at the Peabody, Near Eastern at the Semitic, fabulous mineral display at the Natural History.

Harvard University Information Center in Holyoke Building, Harvard Square, Cambridge;
or www.harvard.edu/museums/

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Salem, MA is a fun day trip out of Boston, and easily accessible by commuter rail. Attractions range from the kitchsy (the many witch museums that give an, er, revisionist spin to the famous witch trials of 1692) to the sublime (the Asian-export collection at the Peabody Essex Museum (Moshe Safdie designed the new addition). Great collection of 17th and 18th century architecture, and you will be close to the sea.

If travelling by car, head up the coast and see the rest of Cape Ann! A fun few hours, good for kids - but should bypass if only in Boston for a few days.

www.salem.org/index.asp

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This is wonderful ... they have plays at the top of the museum in which your child can join in. You couldn't keep my son off the stage!

www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/index.html

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Watching a Red Sox baseball game is the ultimate Boston experience. The team is central to the lives of most Bostonians and a game at Fenway Park, the oldest (and smallest) Major league ball park, is a New England right of passage.

Fenway might not be corporately sponsored or have perfect sightlines but it’s close to the city centre, with great transport links and like the team that plays there has bags of character and personality.

Games mostly sell out, but try the ticket office for returns or tickets released on the day.

There are 81 home games per year, so visit between April and October and there is a chance there will be a game.

Boston Red Sox
4 Yawkey Way
Boston MA 02215-3496

www.redsox.com

617 482-4SOX

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I love the food stalls with fresh dishes prepared and served all day. Great to people-watch. Plenty of 'free' entertainment from the many street artists.

3 Faneuil Hall Market Pl (Cross Street: Congress Street).

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