When flicking through travel magazines on the North American east coast, one is likely to come across Massachusetts. Massachusetts is one of six New England states, and with respect to its history and its tourist attractions, this state is probably the most versatile and most interesting of them. Boston is the states capital and the largest city in the region. In addition, it is the only city north of New York that can assert itself next to that famed metropolis without competing with it. Rather Boston takes pride in a field that no other North American city can challenge: history and...