Massachusetts
The Old State House
The Old State House
Boston, MA
Completed in 1713, this building was the seat of the King’s Colonial Government. The Boston Massacre occurred just below the balcony in 1770 and from that balcony President Washington reviewed a parade in his honor.
The Old State House is now an interesting museum and a part of the Boston National Historic Park.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Designed by renown Canadian architect Frank Gehry, the Stata Center is home to three departments at MIT. The researchers and scientists who work here pull apart the mysteries of language, intelligence, and human decision-making but to many students the Stata Center is known simply as Gehry’s Palace of Geeks.
Special Saturday
There are approximately 35 known species of seahorses, varying in size from 2.5 to 35cm. Seahorses diet mainly consists of shrimp. Each day they can consume up to 3,000 brine shrimp. They have no teeth and must swallow their food whole. Seahorse reproduction is quite unique in that the male gives birth to the young, rather than the female.
#17807 North American Lobster (Hoarus americanus)
Most American Lobsters are brown-black-green with red highlights. Blue genetic variants like this one are rare.
Little Blue Penguin
The strawberry poison dart frog is active all day long, where it climbs in the low lying vegetation of tropical rainforests preying upon a variety of insects. It relies on its brightly colored body for protection, warning predators that it is dangerous to eat. Each frog contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice and humans can get sick just by touching them.
Buil in 1879, its beacon of red light flashes every six seconds and is visible for 13 miles. Nubble Light is considered to be one of the most photographed, illustrated and recognizable lighthouses on the east coast. It is located just 1.1 miles off Route 1A in York.
Springfield, MA
The outside player panels are the first attraction you see at the basketball Hall of Fame. Drive by and watch them take shape, then enjoy the many exhibits inside the museum.
Twentieth Century Fox Films
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San Francisco, CA
(Ive never been to San Francisco, I think I got this card at one of the stores at Universal City Walk in Florida!)
The Virginia Beach Guide Magazine has been assisting tourists and locals in the world’s largest resort city since 1958.
(I remember when I was sending cards from here, I sat right on the post office steps and wrote them all out and mailed them!)