Boston, Massachusetts
Lover’s Rock of Lovells Island
A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.
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Boston, Massachusetts
A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.
Dennis, Massachusetts
This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.
Worcester, Massachusetts
On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.
Ware, Massachusetts
The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.
West Brookfield, Massachusetts
A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.
Milton, Massachusetts
The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.
Hull, Massachusetts
A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.
Sunderland, Massachusetts
This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"
Westford, Massachusetts
Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.
Weston, Massachusetts
This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.
Princeton, Massachusetts
This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.
Milford, Massachusetts
This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.
Lynn, Massachusetts
At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.
Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.