Go Figure

When it comes to finding a reason to visit Massachusetts , the numbers have it

By Susannah Clark

2 Lanterns hung in the steeple of Boston 's Old North Church to signal Paul Revere that British troops were moving up the Charles River to attack Lexington

77 Minutemen who fought at Lexington Green in the first battle of the Revolution, on April 19, 1775

64 Bostonians in the all-black Civil War Massachusetts regiment whose names are inscribed on the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial in Boston

16 Major Boston landmarks found on the Freedom Trail

13 Museum houses found on the 330-year-old, mile-long street at Historic Deerfield

80 Willard clocks at the Willard House and Clock Museum in North Grafton

1 Circular barn — the only one actually built by the Shakers — at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield

0 Nails in the main structure of the Yin Yu Tang house, built around 1800 and reassembled in the Peabody Essex Museum in 2003

22 Dr. Seuss characters depicted at Springfield 's Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden

9 Bronze birds in the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture in the Boston Public Garden (Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, Quack and Mrs. Mallard)

1 Natural bridges in North America created by water erosion (the marble arch at North Adams ' Natural Bridge State Park )

4,000 Free flying butterflies at the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory and Gardens in South Deerfield

43,608 Acres of shoreline at the Cape Cod National Seashore

6 Towns on Martha's Vineyard

36 Percentage of Nantucket 's area protected by conservation groups

33 Percentage of America 's moors on Nantucket

33 Percentage of North Adams ' downtown business district occupied by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)

32 Antique automobiles in the Josiah K. Lilly III collection housed at the Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich

14,200 Acres of cranberry bogs in Massachusetts

1,803,419 Barrels of cranberries produced in Massachusetts in 2004

74 Maple sugar houses open to the public during syrup season

17 Massachusetts wineries offering year-round tours

21 Massachusetts farms selling wool for spinning, knitting or weaving

15 Working Massachusetts farms that also operate as bed and breakfasts

600,000 Pounds of cheese and barrel-churned butter produced each year by artisan dairy farmers in Massachusetts

1636 Year in which Harvard, America 's first university, was chartered

35 Colleges and universities in Boston

4 Boston-area college hockey teams that compete each year in the Beanpot tournament

14 Downhill ski areas in Massachusetts

6 Massachusetts downhill ski areas with drops of 1,000 feet or more (Brodie, Berkshire East, Catamount, Jiminy Peak , Butternut and Wachusett)

25 Hours it takes to complete the annual nonstop reading of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick at the New Bedford Whaling Museum

16 million colors tha t can be produced by the Mapparium, a three-story stained-glass globe in the Christian Science Center's Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity

29 Years it took John Singer Sargent to paint the murals on the walls of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library

43 Pushcart vendors featuring the products of New England artisans in the Bull Market at Faneuil Hall Marketplace

97 Age of Filene's Basement, the country's oldest off-price store