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Out of the Top 250 Best Pizzeria Cities in the United States, Massachusetts has NINE of them!

Anyone in Massachusetts knows there are plenty of great small towns throughout the Bay State. And as Christmas creeps closer, there are definitely some towns that can make their appearance as aesthetically pleasing as possible to help them rank among the best Christmas towns you could be in. It just so happens that there are two Massachusetts towns in particular that happen to rank among the best Christmas towns in America.

When anyone thinks of Massachusetts, there's a good chance they may be quick to think of places to travel to like Boston, Cape Cod, Salem, the Berkshires, Cambridge, or Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard. People here know there are plenty of other amazing spots that I'm leaving out. However, none of those were picked as the 25 most underrated destinations in the U.S. As it turns out, the Bay State has two of them. What do you think they are?

Massachusetts town and city names are definitely some of the most unique in any state. In fact, there's a good chance that as soon as Bay State residents hear and/or read the name of any of those towns or cities, we already know that's a city/town in Massachusetts, even if we're not sure where it is. As it turns out, if you were to mention any town that ends in 'ham', there's a really good chance that town actually does exist somewhere in Massachusetts due to the fact that there is a certifiably crazy amount of towns here that end as such.

A beautifully quaint Massachusetts destination is rated as the Most Welcoming Town in the U.S. for Newcomers. And it's in the beautiful Berkshires!

If you live anywhere in the New England region, you're probably already extremely familiar with lots of fantastic cities and towns that you have around you. And of course, at the heart of the New England region, there is Massachusetts. Even during the Fall months, there's always a great time for your next great road trip. It just so happens that here in the Bay State, there are several great downtown areas throughout Massachusetts to take in.

Massachusetts has some of the most unique town names of any state in the U.S. And that's actually an understatement. Some town names are so distinctively unique that plenty of residents don't even know how to pronounce them. There's also towns in the Bay State begin with the four directions: North, East, West, and South. There are even 19 towns throughout the Bay State that end in 'ham'. But throughout all the crazy, unique, eccentric, and bizarre town names in Massachusetts, some just don't sound like they are towns that should exist in the Bay State whatsoever!

Just imagine what these places used to look like during their heyday. I mean there's some places that I didn't know even was once an actual town. Of course, back then they were more well known as villages. Without further ado, let's take a look at these three hidden ghost towns in Massachusetts.

Every state has some pretty unique names for cities. Some are certainly more bizarre than others to say the least, especially in Massachusetts! It really comes to literally no one's surprise in the Bay State that there are some towns and neighborhoods that would have some not-so-common names. What towns come to mind that you can think of?

As we are winding down the last days of the official Summer season in Massachusetts, we now know what some of the top towns are for traveling to the coast in the Bay State. In fact, did you realize that Massachusetts is home to, not one, but two of the top small towns throughout the entire east coast of the U.S.? So, what and where exactly are they?