Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents.
There is a house in Rockport built entirely of newspaper.
Hingham’s Derby Academy founded in 1784 is the oldest co-educational school in the United States.
The Fig Newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts.
The official state dessert of Massachusetts is Boston cream pie.
The visible portion of Plymouth Rock is a lumpy fragment the size of a coffee table, with the date 1620 in its surface.
Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
1634: Boston Common became the first public park in America.
1891: The first basketball game was played in Springfield.
Massachusetts holds the two largest cities in New England, Boston, the largest, and Worcester.
Glaciers formed the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard during the ice age.
Harvard was the first college established in North America.
The Mather School was founded in Dorchester in 1639. It is the first public elementary school in America.
The Children’s Museum in Boston displays a giant milk bottle on the museum’s wharf.
The Pilgrim National Wax Museum in Plymouth is the only wax museum devoted entirely to the Pilgrim’s story.
Acushnet is the hometown of the Titleist golf ball company.