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Review:
Home of Harvard University, Cambridge sits across the Charles River from Boston proper. Things to experience in Cambridge include historical sites, excellent dining, shopping, and outdoor activities.
Dive into history at the Cambridge Historical Society, located in the 1685 Hooper-Lee-Nichols House.
Stroll through the Cambridge Common public park, or visit the historic Cambridge Public Library.
Take a riverboat tour past Harvard’s famous boathouses along the Charles River.
Stroll through Harvard Square for the best of the area’s shopping and dining.
Within the Harvard campus, visit the famous glass flowers at the Botanical Museum, tour the Museum of Natural History for an exhibit of over 200 bird families and to browse the collection of more than 150,000 insects.
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