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Continued investigation into Mechanic Street. Today in historic Quincy...Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

What is Assabet? It's more than you'll ever know...Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Precious public park spanning several towns with a mysterious stone on a tiny island... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Long road from the State House to Lower Falls was once a narrow dam with water on both sides. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Part of Northampton? Not any more. Some of the Mysteries of Mount Tom... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Lamenting the lost of our 80 or more Massachusetts Drive-In theaters but celebrating the three still open...Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Mechanic Street Great Barrington. More investigations into the mysterious Mechanic Street (see Episode 41 for full context). Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Workers housing in Northborough, Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Marconi Site in Wellfleet Mass. Location of massive experimental tower array that is slipping into the ocean. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.:https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place

Continued exploration of the Mechanic Street mystery (see Episode 41.), this time the looping Mechanic Street route in Bellingham, Holliston, Hopkington, Medway and Upton. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/ Sources, credits, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/

Reading from the text Altered States by Michael Trinklein and a brief note on the Boston Police Strike of 1919... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place Photos and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

People will tell you they are worthless, but in reality they can be used as admission to interesting history.... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/wooden-nickels-e73 Photos and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Ripton only exists on paper, or in people's minds (or does it?) Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/ripton-mass-paper-towns-e72 Pictures and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

This is an announcement for our second podcast: Lucasian Legacy - History of the Lucasian Chair at Cambridge University. See http://lucasianchair.org Social: https://www.instagram.com/lucasianlegacy/

This Lost Massachusetts Episode is about a secret identity... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/zoltan-e71 Pictures and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Postcards from listeners, emails, IG comments, online reviews and preview of upcoming shows... Show notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/comments-and-notes-e69 Photos and social: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

Revolutionary meaning behind the Elm Street in your town. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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A lost town that reveals itself occasionally and disappears again. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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A fragment of the True Cross can be found in East Boston.

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The Brighton Abattoir, a mass slaughterhouse between the Charles River and the Boston-Albany Railroad. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Continuing saga of the mysteries of Mechanic St. This time in beautiful Marlborough, Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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The French Cable Hut in Eastham Mass. and where it leads. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Multiple colonies reorganized in 1691 by King William and Queen Mary after decades of turmoil in England and the various territories. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Mechanic Street Easthampton, Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Fictional town of Matheson, Mass. from the show Locke & Key. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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We respond to various listener comments, recap season 2 and preview Season 3... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Fort Devens, is it a town now? What went on here for over 100 years? Why is so much of it restricted and abandoned? Many stories to tell? Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Mechanic Street, Leominster. Continued investigation of the mysterious Mechanic Street and where it leads... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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What made Massachusetts first millionares? Pond Ice. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Dune shacks off Route 6 outside Provincetown. Solitary and sublime, A place to forget and be forgotten. The mind expands when it is bathed in light and then wrapped in darkness without the noise of the modern world. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Valley Acre, aka Pemberton Square, aka Cotton Hill, aka Center Plaza, etc. Original English settlement on the foot of Beacon Hill. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Apologies & Listener Comments. Where have we been? Explained. Where we are going? Explained. Thanks for listening and thanks for the ideas an encouragement. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Brook Farm West Roxbury, a short-lived Transcendentalist Utopian Communal experiment with some well-known Massachusetts intellectuals involved. The preserved site is in the center of an enormous cemetery complex, worth a visit for many reasons. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Mechanic Street, Upper Falls. Continued exploration of the mysterious Mechanic Street across Massachusetts (and maybe elsewhere?). This one is in a post industrial section of Newton. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Mudville, Firecracker Alley, Whiskey Hollow...all colorful names but not ones that would remain in place for modern polite society. Follow Lost Massachusetts down a quiet side street to a shady park and well-used baseball diamond. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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No, you cannot get your nails and hair done here...but you can get Tonic, Grinders, Tall Cans, Slushies, Butts, Frappes, Batteries for your Clicker, Hoodsies, Roadies...you have no idea what I'm talking about? Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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In this episode we respond to listener postcards, letters, emails and Internet comments. The comments cover recent episodes including MVM E46, Myrtle Village E45, Workmans Circle Camp E44, Southerton, Mass: Velvet Mill E43, Vos Haven E42, Mechanic Street E41 and The Arsenal E40. Listeners provide additional personal context for these stories and tell us which topics were their favorites. More information at LostMassachusetts.com

In Out There Episode 47 we discuss some of the odd history and findings out in Boston Harbor, particularly the Bug Light. We also demonstrate how to dial into various navigational devices and collect data from them... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Did you grow up near or have you ever seen mysterious castle buildings with the enigmatic "MVM" carved over the door? In this episode of Lost Massachusetts we will explain the meaning behind MVM and the history of the castle buildings... Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Major highway projects can bring prosperity, ease of travel but can also cut through the soul of a community and make it vanish. In this episode we learn about how the Turnpike Authority cleared out swaths of homes in West Newton and Auburndale Mass. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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If you are driving through Ashland Mass you might notice something odd pop up on your GPS: a designation called “Workman’s Circle Camp” Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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Join Lost Massachusetts on this mystery road trip and what we found at the end of it...We take an unexpected tour of a liminal space inside the lost town of Southerton Mass. Never heard of Southerton? It was and still is there. You can see it too. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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We continue our investigations into Lost Dutch Mass (See Episode 25 Niew Nederlandt). On most early maps the area of current Boston Harbor is recorded as “Vos Haven”. Vos Haven is Dutch for Fox Harbor. This was no doubt named because of the abundance of foxes which are still prevalent in Massachusetts today. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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About the time of Paul Revere’s death in 1818 the street name Mechanic Street begins to appear on maps in Boston's North End. This narrow street, connecting what was then Middle Street and Fish Street, was also connected to Board Alley in the center, forming a ladder on some maps or an arch on others. Mechanic Street in Boston is barely a street anymore. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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The Watertown Arsenal is a property that has had many lives. It is mostly known today as a shopping center but for 175 years it was a U.S. Army research facility responsible for some of the most critical innovations in military technology, many of which ended up in civilian use later. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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In this episode we play a clip from our interview with Noah Hatton on WPKZ Fitchburg and respond to listener comments. We also puzzle over other things that come up in searches for Lost Massachusetts. Locations of possible future episodes are revealed as well. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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In this Lost Massachusetts Episode we take a zig-zag drive through the Mass/Conn border examining the odd crossings between Southwick, Mass & Granby, Conn; Longmeadow, Mass & Enfield, Conn; and a 12-second crossing in the Douglas State Forest. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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What exactly is "Massachusetts" anyway? Where is the real, original Massachusetts? In this episode we explore the name and initial location it refers to. This is a good starting point for exploring the deep history of Lost Massachusetts.

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We briefly discuss pending changes to the show format, making shorter, more targeted episodes that will hopefully enable quicker releases and more overall coverage of fascinating lost places and the stories behind them. Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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