Massachusetts

Places Where Women Made History.  From a clickable map, access photos and descriptions of 74 places on the Historic Register n Massachusetts and New York that reflect significant accomplishments by women.  From the National Park Service.  [ccr]
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/main1.htm

Postcards from Framingham.   A nice collection of historical images presented in seemingly random order.  Little explanation except that the backs of all cards are shown. From the collection of Harvey Chafitz.  [ccr]
http://www.framingham.com/history/postcard/postcard.htm

Portuguese American Community of Southern New England.   A focus on the urban ethnic landscape of the Portuguese American community in Southern New England prepared by Jim Fonseca of Ohio University at Zanesville. [tdh]
http://www.zanesville.ohiou.edu/geoslides/

Geologic History of Cape Cod.   A very nice presentation with maps and photos, from the U. S. Geologic Survey.   [ccr]
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/capecod/index.html

Route 6.  A map-based tour of the longest U. S. transcontinental highway, put together by three geographers and supported by Augustana College.  Includes a history of the route and scores of photos of scenes along the route from Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, to Long Beach, California.  [ccr]
http://www.augustana.edu/academics/geography/department/route6/index.html 

Digital Atlases, Searchable Digital Archives, and Other Sites Useful for Exploring Places

Digital Atlas of Boston and Vicinity.  One of several census-based urban atlas projects by William Bowen of the California Geographical Society and the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge.   Dozens of well-designed maps utilize 1990 census data.   Topical categories include population and race, ancestry and nationality, income and poverty, and adult educational attainment.    [ccr]
http://130.166.124.2/bospg1.html