On this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan takes us back to Massachusetts for the second installment of the Great Boston Trilogy. With the big blockbuster attractions behind us, Kiernan covers his personal favorite parks, museums, and universities. Warning: he does mention Harvard excessively.

Things we talked about in today’s podcast:

Emerald Necklace Conservancy

https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/ 

Franklin Park Zoo Remains

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/abandoned-zoo-ma/ 

Minuteman National Park

https://www.nps.gov/mima/index.htm

Minuteman Poster by Paul Rand

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/minute-man-35737 

Arnold Arboretum

https://arboretum.harvard.edu/ 

JFK Presidential Library Coconut

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/coconut-bearing-rescue-message-mo-634852  

New England Aquarium

https://www.neaq.org/ 

Museum of Science

https://www.mos.org/ 

“The Alchemist” at MIT

https://listart.mit.edu/public-art-map/alchemist 

MIT Great Dome

http://museum.mit.edu/150/70 

MIT Campus Map

https://whereis.mit.edu/ 

Sol LeWitt at MIT

https://listart.mit.edu/public-art-map/bars-color-within-squares-mit 

MIT Museum

https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/ 

3 Lies on John Harvard

https://blog.dce.harvard.edu/summer/3-lies-harvard 

Harvard Art Museums

https://harvardartmuseums.org/ 

Rothko at Harvard

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/watching-them-turn-off-the-rothkos  

Harvard Natural History Museum Glass Flowers

https://hmnh.harvard.edu/glass-flowers 

Northlandz Trainset

https://northlandz.com/ 

New River Gorge National Park

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/travel/national-park-new-river-gorge.html