Shoe City Walk

A downtown walk through Marlborough's shoe-manufacturing heyday, from a 1688 homestead to a Carnegie library and a park named for a Revolutionary general

This is where Marlborough worked out what kind of place it wanted to be. Four stops over 2.5 miles, about an hour of walking. Each one starts talking the moment you reach it, so you can keep your eyes on the street instead of a screen.

There is no start time to make — walk it in one go, or leave the rest for another afternoon.