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WATCH: Americans fail at trying to pronounce different Mass. cities

Imagine being a tourist visiting Massachusetts for the first time. You're driving around in your rental car grasping at your smartphone desperately trying to ask Siri how to get to Worcester or where the nearest Dunkin' Donuts might be in Haverhill, but she ends up automatically directing

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Even when local, the past is a foreign country

In what is sure to be a treat for all New England history buffs, Boston City Archaeologist Joseph Bagley recently published A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts. Bagley curated the artifacts from archaeological sites ranging from pre-contact Mattapan fish weirs to Boston's red light district, "the