Along the way, you'll experience beautiful parks like Bird Park, and authentic family-owned farms like the Big Apple in Wrentham and Jane and Paul's Farm in Norfolk. Some of the downtown districts have real New England charm, too, with attractive town commons, churches with tall white steeples and historic homes  -- Wrentham, Dedham and Walpole, in particular. It's really small town life at its best, whether ice skating at Turner Pond, taking in a movie at the old-fashioned Dedham Community Theater, or having lunch at an authentic luncheonette called Ruthie's Diner, located in Medfield's landmark Lord's Department Store.

That's not to say that the southwest of Boston area is "out in the sticks." Gillette Stadium -- home of the New England Patriots -- is located in Foxboro, as is the highly fun Patriot Place entertainment and shopping complex. North Attleboro has the Emerald Square Mall, one of the biggest malls in Massachusetts. Dedham features the beautiful Legacy Place open air shopping complex, while Wrentham has a world-class shopping outlet, the Wrentham Premium Outlets. People travel from all over the world to visit this spectacular place to shop. The Route 1 and Route 1A corridors from Dedham to North Attleboro feature hundreds of restaurants for every taste.

With solid schools, beautiful land and close-knit ways, this area would be a great place to raise a family when looking in the Boston to Providence area (for the record, I am not in real estate and have no vested interest in any of these towns!)

We hope you enjoy the slide show. This presentation is not meant to focus on attractions and other things to o, but just to give you a sense of the area. We hope you enjoy visiting Southwest of Boston!