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Madelyn Gatchel
DREU at Brown University
Summer 2019


Overview


Rhode Island

Providence, RI:
Newport, RI:
Narragansett, RI:
Block Island, RI
  • Places and experiences
    • New Shoreham (municipality that encompasses the entire island; it is the smallest town in the smallest state)
    • Mohegan Bluffs
    • Southeast Lighthouse
    • Old Harbor
    • Great Salt Pond/New Harbor (I rented a kayak and kayaked the entire perimeter of the "pond"; it took almost 2 hours but it was so fun)!
  • Food
Warwick, RI:
Cranston, RI:
  • Places and experiences
    • Various grocery stores
Westerly, RI:

Massachusetts

Boston, MA:
  • Places and experiences
    • Copley Square
      • Old South Church
      • Trinity Church
      • Boston Public Library
      • The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
      • John Hancock Tower
    • Boston Public Garden
    • Newbury Street
    • Freedom Trail (Boston National Historical Park)
      • Boston Common
        • Soldiers and Sailors monument
        • Brewer Fountain
        • Parkman Bandstand
      • Massachusetts State House
      • Park Street Church/Park Street
      • Granary Burying Ground
      • King's Chapel and King's Chapel Burying Ground
      • Boston Latin School/Benjamin Frannklin Statue/Old City Hall
      • Old Corner Bookstore
      • Old South Meeting House
      • Old State House
      • Boston Massacre site
      • Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market
      • Paul Revere House
      • Old North Church
      • Copp's Hill Burying Ground
      • Charlestown Navy Yard
        • USS Constitution
        • Charlestown Bridge
      • Bunker Hill monument
      • Bunker Hill museum
    • MBTA (the "T")
      • Back Bay Station (Commuter Rail)
      • South Station (Commuter Rail and Subway)
      • Harvard Station (Subway)
      • Kendall/MIT Station (Subway)
    • HarborWalk
  • Food
    • Various restaurants at Quincy Market
Cambridge, MA:
  • Places and experiences
    • Harvard University
      • Self-guided walking tour
      • Putnam Gallery Collection of Historical Instruments
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      • Self-guided walking tour
      • MIT Museum
Foxboro, MA:
  • Places and experiences
    • New England Revolution soccer game
Groton, MA:
  • Places and experiences
  • Food
    • Groton House of Pizza
Seekonk, MA:
  • Places and experiences
    • Target (the closest one to PVD! lol)
    • T.J. Maxx

Connecticut

New Haven, CT:
  • Places and experiences
    • Yale University
      • Self-guided walking tour
      • Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
      • Yale Center for British Art
      • Yale Old Campus
      • Farnam Memorial Gardens
      • Sterling Memorial Library
      • Hillhouse Avenue Historic District
      • New Haven Green
    • Downtown New Haven
  • Food
    • Book Trader Café

Maine

Portland, ME:

New Hampshire

Concord, NH:
Hanover, NH:

Vermont

Interstate 91:
  • Drove about halfway up VT/NH border on Interstate 91 and saw lots of beautiful mountains!
Windsor, VT:
  • Places and experiences
    • Walked around the Vermont-founding town
    • Constitution House

Additionally, I have visted 9 new states this summer
  • Delaware*
  • New Jersey*
  • New York*
  • Connecticut
  • Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Vermont
  • Maine

* denotes state I only drove through during relocation from New Bern, NC to Providence, RI

Madelyn Gatchel
magatchel@davidson.edu
madelynegatchel.com