Boston is great. But sometimes you need to get the hell out of Boston. Come along for a day at Canobie Lake Park—rides, water, gardens, live entertainment and some wonderfully weird New England amusement-park energy.

Boston’s Museum of Science is about to change. A $155 million new space opens October 10, but the story goes back nearly 200 years—from lightning and planetarium shows to a kid from Medford who never forgot what the Museum meant to him.

Saint Anthony’s Feast returns to Boston’s North End August 27–30 for its 107th year. Behind the food, music and famous 10-hour procession is a tradition Italian immigrants carried from Montefalcione to Boston in 1919.