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Boston, Massachusetts
Exchange Place Staircase to Nowhere
The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.
Brookline, Massachusetts
The Dutch House
This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.
Dedham, Massachusetts
Fairbanks House
The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Renaissance
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Boston, Massachusetts
Hayden Building
This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Longfellow House
One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.
Newton, Massachusetts
Echo Bridge
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Hull, Massachusetts
Classic WWII Chapel
Last church of this militaristic WWII style.
Hull, Massachusetts
The Murder Holes of Fort Warren
Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."
Permanently Closed
Truro, Massachusetts
North Truro Air Force Station
This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.
Leverett, Massachusetts
New England Peace Pagoda
This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.
Lenox, Massachusetts
The Mount
The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.
Cohasset, Massachusetts
"The Witches of Eastwick" Filming Sites
New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Hoosac Tunnel
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
‘Jaws’ Bridge
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Crane Mansion on Castle Hill
Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."
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