Massachusetts, in beautiful New England, boasts important historical contributions to the founding of the nation. Tourist interested in history, can visit Cape Cod and Plymouth to learn about the Pilgrims, view Boston Harbor along the Freedom Trail, or visit Lexington and Concord. Because Massachusetts is the home of Harvard University and other respected universities like Amherst, Williams, Boston College, and University of Massachusetts, it is the home of many authors and thinkers, including Emerson and Thoureau. Casual walkers like to spend the day hiking around Walden Pond, only minutes from Boston. Other interesting activities in the Boston area include greyhound racing and crew races in the Charles River. Visitors enjoy rowing, sailing, boating, deep- sea fishing, biking, birding, golfing, greyhound racing, and hiking along the Massachusetts coastline and its nearby islands, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Taking daylong bicycle trips around the islands is a special way to enjoy the scenery and architecture of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The quaint coastal and island towns have interesting restaurants, historic bed and breakfasts, resorts, and shops where visitors can find antiques, nautical supplies and decorations, and high fashions. Travelers also enjoy hiking through the sand dunes on the tip of Cape Cod near Provincetown. Music abounds through Massachusetts from the Boston Pops and Symphony to the music festivals at Tanglewood and in the Berkshire Hills with the Appalachian Trail for hiking. The picturesque rolling terrain in western Massachusetts provides great areas for fly-fishing, hiking, skiing, and other outdoor adventures. Sports enthusiasts are drawn to Boston for its famous Boston Marathon and professional baseball, football, basketball, and hockey teams. Drivers can reach Massachusetts on I-90 and I-95, air passengers find Logan Airport in Boston a pleasant arrival and departure point for regional, national, and international flights, and travelers, who prefer the convenience of rail travel, can take Am Track from all points north and south.