Wicked Business (29 page)
Authors: Janet Evanovich
Tags: #Paranormal, #Fiction, #Mystery & Detective, #Romance, #Women Sleuths, #Humorous
Yup, this is the “One if by land, two if by sea” church that set the Revolutionary War in motion. Paul Revere’s house isn’t far from here, and also worth checking out if you’re walking the Freedom Trail.
The Bells
http://bellringers.scripts.mit.edu/www/change-ringing/in-new-england/old-north-church
I don’t care how high the volume on your computer or e-reader is, it’s not going to come close to the real thing. These are big bells, people. BIG bells.
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
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Mt. Auburn Cemetery sits on the edge of Cambridge and is a beautiful maze of roads and footpaths and interesting headstones. This was the first garden cemetery in America and it’s still very pretty. It would be my second choice of burial site. The first would be to have my ashes scattered in the shoe department of Saks.
The building that once housed the Boston Society of Natural History Museum
Image courtesy of Michael Rixon
A fantastic building that is a piece of history itself. Built in 1863 by the architect—and lifelong Bostonian—William G. Preston, the interior is filled with balconies, perfect for a museum or an elegant department store.
The Science Museum in Boston
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What’s not to love here? An indoor lightning storm, a planetarium, an IMAX theater, and a Triceratops. There’s something for everyone. There’s even a whole room devoted to math. Personally I fell asleep standing in the math room, but I’m sure someone out there finds it completely captivating.
The ball machine in Boston’s Science Museum by George Rhoads
Image courtesy of George Rhoads
It’s like watching a fish tank, but with pleasing sounds. Mesmerizing. And then you keep waiting for five balls to accumulate in a hold just so you can hear the cowbell clang.
The Massachusetts State House
Image courtesy of Della Huff
Image courtesy of Della Huff
It’s a Bulfinch. He also designed state houses in Connecticut and Maine. The dome was originally wood shingles. Then it was copper, and then it was gilded, as it is today. It’s hard to see, because it’s pretty high up there, but the dome is topped with a lantern topped with a pinecone.
The rotunda over the Senate Chamber in the Massachusetts State House
Image courtesy of Maureen Dubreuil
They just don’t make rotundas like this anymore.
Scenic New Hampshire highways
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Trees, trees, and more trees. Not that I have anything against trees, but if you have to be stuck in a car, it’s a lot more entertaining when you have all those fast-food rest-stop signs along the Jersey highway to read.
Entering Hanover, New Hampshire
Image courtesy of Peter Evanovich
This is the entrance from Norwich, Vermont, to Hanover, New Hampshire, over the Connecticut River. You gotta love a bridge with big balls.
Dartmouth
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Pretty campus attached to a typical New England town. The smallest of the Ivy League schools. My son graduated from Dartmouth and I paid his tuition by writing romance novels. (I had to write a lot of books fast! It’s an expensive school!!)
Coming into town from Vermont
