Fall River - Points of Interest

Points of Interest

• Battleship Cove The world's largest historic naval ship exhibit featuring the USS Massachusetts
• Historic Lincoln Park Carousel - Restored 1920 Carousel, located at Battleship Cove
• Fall River Heritage State Park The focal point of Fall River's waterfront.
• Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
• Columbia Street (Portuguese-American neighborhood)
• The Marine Museum at Fall River
• Freetown-Fall River State Forest
• New Harbour Mall, known for being the only mall in the U.S. whose anchors are Wal-Mart and Kmart.
• Fall River Historical Society
• Kennedy Park, North Park and Ruggles Park, all designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
• The First Congregational Church
• St. Anne's Church and Shrine
• Narrows Center for the Arts NCFTA
• Fall River YMCA
• Historic High Lands and the Mansions going back to the 1800s
• Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Museum, 230 2nd Street, Fall River, MA 02721. This is the house where the still-unsolved 1892 Borden murders took place.
• “Maplecroft”, 306 French St., Fall River, MA 02720. Located in Fall River’s Highlands neighborhood, this house was purchased by Lizzie Borden and her sister Emma in 1894. Although Emma left Fall River in 1905, this 14-room Queen Anne Victorian home remained Lizzie's home until her death and her brief funeral service (minus her body which was buried earlier) was held here.
• Oak Grove Cemetery contains the graves of many famous residents, including Lizzie Borden and the Borden murder victims.