Monuments in Massachusetts

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.