Massachusetts
About this walk
One route, four counties, and nearly four centuries of American higher education, from the oldest college in the country to a campus in the Berkshire hills.
A campus is an argument in brick about what education is for. Cambridge has a long-running one. Six stops over 259.3 miles, about nine and a half hours of driving. Every stop narrates itself when you get there, at whatever pace you feel like walking.
It is one of eight tours in Cambridge, each taking a different line through the city. Nothing is booked and nothing expires, so you can start it on a whim and finish it whenever you like.
