Parks in Massachusetts

The home of the founder of American landscape architecture puts his principles into practice.

An inclusive, climate-resilient playground honors the life of a young Boston Marathon bombing victim.

This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

Historic seaside park featuring explorable, abandoned military structures.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.