Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of Cambridge, England, the town where its founding fathers had studied (at Cambridge University). Cambridge is most famous for the two prominent universities that call it home: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 101,355, though even more people commute into Cambridge to work.

Points of interest

• Charles River
• Cooper-Frost-Austin House
• Elmwood
• Harvard University
• Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
• Longfellow National Historic Site
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Fresh Pond
• Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Cambridge Common