This card comes from Beverly , which is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It was first settled in 1626 by English colonists, though the Naumkeag had lived in the area for centuries prior. This card features The Goonies , the 1985 film directed by Richard Donner and written by Chris Columbus , based on a story by Steven Spielberg . When I first received the card, I thought the movie was based on a book; however, the image shown is actually a made-up book cover created for the design. The Goonies starred Sean Astin , Josh Brolin , Jeff Cohen , Corey Feldman , Kerri Green , Martha Plimpton , and Ke Huy Quan . It follows a group of kids who live in the “Goon Docks” neighborhood of Astoria and call themselves the Goonies. When they discover a treasure map, they set out to find the treasure in hopes of saving their homes from foreclosure due to the expansion of a golf course. I remember this movie from when I was growing up, and I think I may have seen it in a movie theatre. It beca...

Happy Hallowe'en from Southbridge! Southbridge, Massachusetts has a long history of manufacturing optical products, earning it the unofficial title “Eye of the Commonwealth,” in reference to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under the Wells family, the American Optical Company (AO) became the world’s largest manufacturer of ophthalmic products. At its height, the company employed more than 6,000 people worldwide. During World War II , many of its workers were exempted from the draft because they were engaged in vital defense work. This included manufacturing Norden bombsight s, as well as contributing to projects related to the atom ic bomb.

It’s easy to imagine stepping into the scene on the card and walking through the early days of the settlement. The card features a scene from Plimoth Patuxet Museums , a complex of living history museums in Plymouth founded in 1947. It is a replica of the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony , established in the 17th century by English colonists who became known as the Pilgrims. The recreations are based on a wide variety of first-hand and second-hand records, accounts, articles, and period paintings and artifacts. There is also ongoing research and scholarship, including archaeological excavation and curation both locally and abroad. Employees and volunteers dress in period costume and portray the original inhabitants.

This card made me laugh and made my day. The sender writes: Just wanna say that I love Canada and fuck Donald Trump. I work in a cannabis dispensary and Canada is so far ahead of the US in  cannabis it's  not even funny. Canada is exporting to Germany and Australia. Be well, happy postcrossing.

Another of the great national parks cards from the United States and Canada. This one is of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. It is found in northern Alaska and covers 34 287  km 2  . The purpose of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is to preserve the vast, wild, undeveloped character and environmental integrity of Alaska's central Brooks Range and to provide opportunities for wilderness recreation and traditional subsistence uses. There are no roads or official trail in the park. Visitors must arrive by bush plane or hike in, usually from the Dalton Highway that runs about 12 kilometres to the east of the park. People can hike, pack-raft, and sightsee. There is hunting allowed in the park but by only Nunamiut Corporation shareholders. Camping is permitted throughout the park. Arrigetch Peaks and Mount Igikpak are the two most popular mountains for hikers. The park is the second least visited park in the United States national parks system. In 2021, ...

A photo of Fenway Park, home of the dreaded Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park opened on 20 April 1912. It has been renovated three times - 1988, 2002-2011, and 2017 - and expanded five times - 1934, 1946, 2002-2011, 2017, and 2022. It's been the home field for the Boston Red Sox since it opened. However, it has also been home to the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves) (1914-15), the Boston Bulldogs of the American Football League (1926), the Boston Redskins of the National Football League (1933-36), the Boston Shamrocks of the American Football League (1936-37), the Boston Yanks of the National Football League (1944-48), the Boston Patriots of the American Football League (1963-68), and the Boston Patriots of the North American Soccer League (1968) Fenway is famous for the Green Monster, a 11.329 m wall in the left field of the park. The scoreboard at the Green Monster is manually updated throughout the game.  Fenway Park is named for being in the Fenway-Kenmore neighbourhood in Bosto...

The sender lives just outside of Boston in Malden, but bought this card while on vacation in Charleston, South Carolina.  Malden is a city of 66 000 people located on the north side of the Mystic River. It was settled by Puritans in 1640. During the American War of Independence, Malden was the first town to petition the colonial government to secede from the British Empire.  Malden is also home to Malden High School, which has the second-oldest continuous high school American football rivalry in the United States with Medford High School. Their first Thanksgiving Day Game dates back to 1889. 

This card is coming from Northampton, which is located in western Massachusetts. There are about 30 000 people in Northampton. It is known as an academic, artistic, musical, and countercultural hub. Politically it is considered quite liberal and has a number of alternative health and intellectual organizations. There are also a high number of residents who identify as gay and lesbian, and a high number of same sex marriages and households.  Northampton has existed since 1654 and was named by John A. King (1629-1703), one of the first European settlers in Northampton. King was born in Northampton, England, and named the area after his birthplace.  The card shows a photo of the Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere found in Paul Revere Mall near the Old North Church in Boston. The statue was cast in bronze in 1940 and dedicated on September 22, 1940. Cyrus Dallin won a competition to make the statue.

A lovely late evening photo of Salem Harbor. Salem, of course, is famous for the Salem Witch Trials between February 1692 and May 1693. Over 200 people were accused of being witches or warlocks, 30 were found guilty, and 19 (14 women and 5 men) were executed by hanging. One man died under torture for refusing to enter a plea, while five others died of disease in the jails before trial.  About a decade later, many of the accusers of people being witches admitted they had fabricated their charges. Many of the accusers were teenage girls. The General Court of Massachusetts declared the trial unlawful in 1702, and in 1711 the Massachusetts legislature annulled the convictions. The annulment included naming the 22 who had died.  Today Salem is located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. It is mostly a residential and tourist area. Almost 45 000 people live there. The Salem Witch Trials heavily influence the city's culture. The Salem police cars adorn a witch logo. One of the elem...

This card is a bit of a mind f*ck. A field full of fluffy, white sheep and a sky of fluffy, white clouds. It's pretty cool. The sender is from Boston. I hope she isn't a Bruins supporter. I hate, hate, hate the Boston Bruins. 

Another great photograph, this time of Jefferson Market Court in Manhattan. It was taken by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). Abbott was an American photographer known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period (1918-1939), New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of between the 1940s-1960s. This particular photograph is a part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Jefferson Market Court still stands today, but is now known as the Jefferson Market Branch of the New York City Library. It is found at 425 Avenue of the Americas in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. The building faced demolition in 1958, but public outcry led to its reuse as a branch of the library. It is found on the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission's Greenwich Village History District, the National Reigister of Historic Places (1972), and the National Historic Landmark list (1977). The building is de...

This card comes from Miss Triback's class at Landmark School - an elementary and middle school in Manchester-By-The-Sea. She shares her cards with her students and I would imagine they learn a little about the world from the cards they receive. I picture her with a large map of the world on a bulletin board with cards tacked up and strings attached to the card to the place it came from. 

The sender is an international student studying in Boston (I am assuming at Cambridge). In my bio for Postcrossing I don't ask for specific cards, but suggest if they do have a lawn bowling card, it would be appreciated. The sender sent me a card from the Pantone series - Pantone 7737 (green). She said maybe the green would remind me of lawn bowling! I remember that this brought me a smile!

A great card from Abington. I was never into He-Man or She-Ra, but what a neat card. And a Christmas one at that.  Abington is a town of just over 17 000 people. In 2012, Abington celebrated its tricentennial. The local indigenous people called the area Manamooskeagin "great green place of shaking grass" before Europeans arrived. The two streams in the area were called Schumacastacut "upper beaver brook' and Schumasastuscacant "lower beaver brook." The name of the town was in honour of Anne Venables-Bertie, Countess of Abingdon, wife of the second Earl of Abingdon, who helped Joseph Dudley secure the governorship of the colony.  Jesse Reed invented a machine that mass-produced tacks for the shoe industry. As such, Abington's primary industry for much of the 1800s was the manufacture of boots and shoes. Half of the footwear provided for the Union Army during the Civil War came from Abington.