Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge

1. Porter Square Books

8.9

1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

Bookstore · Porter Square · 38 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Recently waited out a rain storm here. Delightful.

Fresh Pond Reservation is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

2. Fresh Pond Reservation

9.0

250 Fresh Pond Pkwy (Huron Avenue), Cambridge, MA

Lake · 23 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: With or without yer dog.

Landmark Kendall Square Cinema is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

3. Landmark Kendall Square Cinema

8.9

One Kendall Sq (at Binney St), Cambridge, MA

Movie Theater · 60 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: You won't be the only one there solo!

Toscanini's is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

4. Toscanini's

9.4

899 Main St (at Sidney St.), Cambridge, MA

Ice Cream Parlor · 278 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Great ice cream. Great big table. Owner Gus is the first person who made me feel like I belonged in Cambridge.

MIT Museum is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

5. MIT Museum

7.7

265 Massachusetts Ave (Front St), Cambridge, MA

Science Museum · 50 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Plain nifty.

Harvard Museum of Natural History is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

6. Harvard Museum of Natural History

8.7

26 Oxford St (btwn Everett & Kirkland Sts.), Cambridge, MA

Science Museum · Aggasiz - Harvard University · 62 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Free on Sundays!

Mount Auburn Cemetery is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

7. Mount Auburn Cemetery

580 Mount Auburn St (Aberdeen Ave), Cambridge, MA

Cemetery · East Watertown · 17 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Serene. Birds. Plants. Trees. Dead people, some of them famous.

Poor Little Rich Girl is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

8. Poor Little Rich Girl

121 Hampshire St (at Columbia street), Cambridge, MA

Women's Store · Inman Square · 3 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: All kinds of stuff you didn't know you needed.

Davis Square is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

9. Davis Square

Somerville, MA

Neighborhood · 30 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: People watching. Buskers. Ice Cream. Hamburgers.

Abodeon is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

10. Abodeon

7.2

1731 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

Design Studio · Aggasiz - Harvard University · 4 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Nifty stuff for yourself and others.

Ten Thousand Villages is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

11. Ten Thousand Villages

694 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

Gift Store · 6 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: More nifty stuff, made by artisans around the world.

The Garment District is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

12. The Garment District

7.5

200 Broadway (btw Windsor St & Portland St), Cambridge, MA

Vintage and Thrift Store · 48 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: It's not just for Halloween. Buy your (secondhand) clothing by the pound.

Joie De Vivre is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

13. Joie De Vivre

1792 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

Gift Store · Neighborhood Nine · 2 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Clever crap for your craving consumer karma.

Museum of Science is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

14. Museum of Science

9.0

1 Science Park (at Monsignor O'Brien Hwy), Boston, MA

Science Museum · 203 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: My favorite place to go on my birthday.

Charles River is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

15. Charles River

9.2

Charles River, Boston, MA

River · Beacon Hill · 63 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: A river that always reflects the exact mood you happen to be in.

Algiers Coffee House is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

16. Algiers Coffee House

40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Coffee Shop · Harvard Square · 56 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Stay for hours, eat baba ganouj and hummus. Smells spicey. Has that wonderful aura - both Bohemian and downright Harvard snobbish.

Inman Oasis is one of Best Places to Kill Time around Cambridge.

17. Inman Oasis

8.9

243 Hampshire St (at Beacon St.), Cambridge, MA

Spa · Inman Square · 15 tips and reviews

Reed Cochran: Great massages- ask for Christopher. Haven't brought myself to try the communal hot tub.