Two rival-minded Worcester manufacturers pooled their fortunes in 1865 to build one of America's first engineering schools, now famous for project-based learning and a goat mascot.
A campus is an argument in brick about what education is for. Worcester has a long-running one. Four stops over 0.9 miles, about 50 minutes of walking. Every stop narrates itself when you get there, at whatever pace you feel like walking.
It is one of 15 tours in Worcester, 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.
Boynton Hall, dedicated in 1868, with the clock tower that anchors the WPI campus. — Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
What you get
Stops
4
each narrated, GPS-triggered along the route
Distance
0.9 mi
walking
Time
50m
at your own pace
Access
MassRoam+
subscription, in the app
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