AAA Horizons • October 29 2024

Salem's Haunted Happenings Offers Spooks, Specters, Will-o-the Wisps and Witches

Salem has long been synonymous with spooks, specters, will-o-the-wisps and witches. Since Judge Jonathan Corwin and other magistrates sentenced 19 women and men to be hung for witchcraft in 1692, The Witch City has had more than its fair share of haunted happenings.

AAA Horizons • October 20 2022

Salem Ghost Hunter Mollie Stewart Leaves Guests Spellbound

Former journalist Mollie Stewart thoroughly researches, investigates, and documents each haunted site featured on her Spellbound Tours, which include ghost, vampire and witch-themed sightseeing tours in Salem.

AAA Horizons • October 6 2022

Ghosts & Gravestones Tour Offers Spooky Alternative to the Freedom Trail

For those interested in more than what the Freedom Trail has to offer, Historic Tours of America has just the "fright-seeing" tour: Ghosts & Gravestones, a two-hour examination of Boston’s more infamous moments and spectral residents.

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AAA Horizons • October 5 2022

Enjoying a Tango by Moonlight, Over the Charles

Once a month – from June to October – the Tango Society of Boston hosts Tango by Moonlight, a monthly celebration of dance that takes place on the Weeks Footbridge, only a brief backstroke away from the Harvard Boathouse.

AAA Horizons • September 28 2022

Forest Hills Cemetery: Stories Behind the Stones

Founded in 1848, 17 years after Cambridge’s Mt. Auburn Cemetery, the nondenominational Forest Hills Cemetery has long had a reputation as a democratic burial ground. According to tour guide Al Maze, its meandering pathways are a metaphor for death.

AAA Horizons • September 28 2022

Forest Hills Cemetery: Boston’s ‘Open-Air Museum’

The one artist whose influence is felt most throughout Forest Hills’ meticulously manicured grounds is Daniel Chester French, who is best known as sculptor of the seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Minute Man statue at North Bridge, Concord, Mass., and Harvard University’s John Harvard.

Daily Transcript • July 18 2018

A Natural, Karem Leaves Indelible Mark on Boston's Diamonds, Bowling Lanes

Dedham native Tony Karem's legendary exploits in Boston Park League, Candlepins for Cash television competition earns him spots in two halls of fame.

Boston Herald • May 4 2018

In Central Florida, Magic Happens Outside Disney's Walls

Some of Florida's most enjoyable rides, ironically, are located just outside the contrived confines of Orlando's Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.

Boston Herald • May 19 2018

A Taste of 'Real Florida' at Crescent J Ranch

The Crescent J, which co-exists with Forever Florida's 3,400-acre nature conservancy at Bull Creek, offers a taste of pre-Disney life in Central Florida.

Boston Herald • April 5 2019

USO-Style Show Takes Audience on Sentimental Journey

Thanks to For Sentimental Reasons, the big band sound of the World War II era is alive and swinging throughout New England. Fronted by Dorchester native and Quincy resident Sean Roper, For Sentimental Reasons is a performance group that re-creates a "live" USO-style radio broadcast, circa 1944, via Armed Services Radio.

AAA Horizons • February 23 2019

Good Food, Conversation Abound in Bay State Diners

When one thinks of diners, two things come to mind: good food and good conversation. One usually surpasses the other, and rarely, if ever, do both reach the pinnacle of perfection.

AAA Horizons • July 7 2018

New England Ghost Tours Offers a Spirited Tour of Boston

A gifted storyteller with a knack for names, Jim McCabe offers ghost tours of Downtown Boston that include hair-raising stories about the Parker House Hotel, the Hampshire House and the Boston Common Burying Ground.

AAA Horizons • March 1 2019

USS Salem, Veterans, Bring Neglected History to Life for Local Students

To pay homage to the men and women who worked at Fore River, and to Quincy’s role in defeating the Nazis and curbing Communism for 40 years, former Quincy Mayor Jim Sheets led the effort to create the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, which is housed on the USS Salem.

AAA Horizons, • July 12 2018

Irresistible Trade Winds of St. Croix Captivate Visitors

While the winds of chance may carry visitors to the shores of St. Croix, it's the trade winds that keep many there.

AAA Horizons • March 2 2019

Mass. Hysteria Comes to Salem

Few of Salem's "frightseeing" tours stand out like Mass. Hysteria’s Haunted Hearse Tour. Instead of a tour bus, Mass. Hysteria ferries guests around town in Angelique, a 1969 Cadillac hearse. Like the raven of Poe’s imagination, Angelique is black, yet glows a deep purple when viewed from an angle. With fire-belching dual exhaust pipes and a roaring motor, she’s the star of this show.

AAA Horizons • May 23 2020

Museum Exhibit to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Historic Worcester Tornado

The Worcester Museum is collecting oral histories, artifacts and written witness recollections to paint a more vivid portrait of the F4 tornado and its after-effects. Hailstones the size of baseballs, 300 mph winds, and a debris field that stretched into Massachusetts Bay are among the hallmarks that made this twister the worst storm in recorded New England history.

AAA Horizons • June 3 2020

Expect the Unexpected in Florida Keys

A unique strip of islands, the Florida Keys comprise a very delicate ecosystem, which has led to an ongoing struggle between business and environmentalists. In a way, this constant tug-of-war actually acts as a system of checks and balances, allowing neither commerce nor nature to gain the upper hand, which is why the Keys offer something for virtually everyone.

AAA Horizons • September 3 2020

‘Magic Moments’ Still Available In Bay State’s Vintage Movie Theatres

While Massachusetts doesn't boast the quantity -- or the quality -- of California's classic "movie palaces," there remain a number of retro movie theatres scattered around Eastern Mass., including Cape Cod and the islands, where you can still "enjoy a show."