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All the United States Massachusetts Plymouth

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Plymouth

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Updated May 8, 2023

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Plymouth, Massachusetts

Plimoth Patuxet

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.
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Plymouth, Massachusetts

National Monument to the Forefathers

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.
Pilgrim Hall Museum

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Pilgrim Hall Museum

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.
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Graves in the Standish Burial Ground

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Myles Standish Burial Ground

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.
4 miles from Plymouth
Myles Standish’s Legs and me

Halifax, Massachusetts

The Legs of Myles Standish

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.
9 miles from Plymouth
Rexhame Beach, Marshfield

Marshfield, Massachusetts

Rexhame Beach

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.
11 miles from Plymouth
Tremont Nail Company

Wareham, Massachusetts

Tremont Nail Company

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.
13 miles from Plymouth
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Stories About Plymouth

Digitizing gravestones from the colonial era preserves them for future study and makes them more accessible, but it also raises questions about how to study this period of American history.

Burial Hill's Historic Gravestones Are Coming to Your Screen

Digitizing markers at the Massachusetts cemetery makes them more accessible.
by Anya Gruber
May 8, 2023
Every American schoolchild learns how Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive their first year in what’s now Massachusetts, but the full story is far more complex.

Before Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, There Was Patuxet

Slavery, plague, and territorial conflict likely made the Europeans' arrival on Wampanoag land possible.
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February 22, 2021

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