On this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan wraps up the Great Boston Trilogy by diving deep into Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands. Kiernan speaks to Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Programming Rebecca Smerling, who shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the must-do’s and secret gems of Boston’s epic waterfront.

Things we talked about in today’s podcast:

Boston Harbor Islands

Boston Harborwalk

USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/visit/museum-ship/plan-your-visit/

Boston Sea Wall Murals

Long Wharf Middle Passage Marker

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/12/02/in-the-age-of-black-lives-matter-new-england-faces-its-own-role-in-slavery

Deer Island tour

https://www.mwra.com/02org/html/faqstidi.htm

Castle Island Sugar Bowl Walk

https://www.mass.gov/doc/castle-island-trail-map/download

Spectacle Island

Georges Island

Historic Boston Light Lighthouse

https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/boston-light.htm

Blackberries on Lovells Island

Little Island

https://littleisland.org/

London Highline

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/a-new-sky-garden-for-london