Boston

A visit to Paul Revere's house is included. This is the house that he left on April 18, 1775 to go out on that famous Midnight Ride. Ninety-percent of the structure that you will see is original, including two of the doors, three window frames, portions of the floors and the rafters.

Pause at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, a lively pedestrian shopping district where street artists entertain visitors. For refreshments, check out its anchor, the Quincy Market food court, which was once Boston's produce market on the waterfront.

Step aboard the Mayflower II, which is docked near Plymouth Rock. This replica with all the features of the original ship allows visitors to experience how the sailors and passengers of 1620 survived the crossing of the Atlantic. Get down to the lower deck, and learn about the navigation tools used at the time. Period role-players in costume will answer your questions in the Queen's English, sharing personal accounts of their shipboard life as Pilgrims on their way to the New World.

Delve into the New World of the 1620s as you meet the costumed interpreters of Plimoth Plantation, a re-creation of the 1627 village which stood on the site of the present town of Plymouth. At the Visitor Center, see an audiovisual presentation, which offers some insight into the historical circumstances that brought these forefathers of modern inhabitants of the United States of America to the shores of New England.

At the nearby Native American campsite, descendants of the Wampanoags demonstrate their traditional lifestyle and discuss the relationship between their native American ancestors and the new immigrants.

Tonight you will enjoy a theater performance.

A half-day local guide, well-educated and specially-trained on the history and culture of Cambridge, Lexington and Concord, will accompany you today.

Separated from Boston by the Charles River, Cambridge is a suburb known for its prestigious educational institutions. See MIT on your way to Harvard Square, in downtown Cambridge. Nearby, you'll see Harvard Yard, the oldest part of the campus of Harvard University.

Stop at the historic town common where the first shots of what became the American Revolutionary War were fired at dawn on April 19, 1775. Pause at the iconic Minuteman statue, believed to represent John Parker, captain of the militia, and at the Revolutionary War Monument.

Follow Battle Road to Concord, as did the British on that famous April 19th. A re-creation of the Old North Bridge spans the Concord River at the site of the victory of the Minutemen and militia over the British troops.

Pause at the graves of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson Alcott, and his daughter Louisa May Alcott, at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's "Authors Ridge."

View the multimedia presentation "The Road To Revolution" at the Minute Man Visitor Center.

Salem is, of course, the site of the famous mass hysteria which led to the Salem Witch Trials, back in 1692. In his play The Crucible, Arthur Miller focused on this trial and on the execution of the twenty convicted "witches." Hear all about it on your visit to the Gothic-looking Salem Witch Museum, which includes a multi-media presentation of the history of the trials.