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Top 10 Airbnb Vacation Rentals In Quincy, MA

The birthplace and summer White House of president’s John Adams and John Quincy Adams , Quincy is the largest city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located just minutes from downtown Boston, Quincy is rich in colonial and recreational treasures. Quincy has lots to offer such as Adams family birth places and burial grounds, Adams National Historical Park , Faneuil Hall, Wrentham Premium Outlets , world class golf , or set sail for a harbor cruise. It’s the perfect base for your Massachusetts vacation . While enjoying your holidaying, be careful about the place you are going to spend your nights in. In order to feel comfortable, we recommend you to stay at one of these following accommodations: 1. Cozy apartment close to everything The apartment is located on the third floor of a picturesque Victorian multi -family home just steps from a convenience store, a fine restaurant ( Rozafa Mediterranean Bistro ), a delicious breakfast spot (The Early American), and a great pu...

We Keep Going Back to Where They Died – Electric Literature

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A novelist hunts for complicated narratives at the sites of historical atrocities I learned to snorkel mid-winter in an indoor pool in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. The air was stifling, thick with the smell of chlorine. There was nothing to see in the pool and no explanation given for the purpose of this middle school gym unit ; maybe our teachers dreamed we’d go on island vacations. I don’t remember ever snorkeling again until 2010 when I traveled to a research station on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas where I’d teach a Caribbean literature course and where I’d start writing a novel about the sediment of history’s layers. The water shimmered aqua closer to shore, deepened to a dark blue farther out. In spite of how clear the water seemed, you had to beware rocks and lionfish, and you couldn’t know where the reefs were without sticking your head beneath the meniscus of the ocean. Locals and research station staff would give instructions for different reefs around the islan...