Freetown, Massachusetts
Profile Rock
This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.
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Freetown, Massachusetts
This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.
Belchertown, Massachusetts
This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."
Beverly, Massachusetts
Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.
Medford, Massachusetts
The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.
Somerville, Massachusetts
A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.
Boston, Massachusetts
This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.
Wareham, Massachusetts
The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.
Boston, Massachusetts
America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.
Berlin, Massachusetts
The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.
Waltham, Massachusetts
This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.
Newton, Massachusetts
Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.
Northampton, Massachusetts
A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.
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.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.
Boston, Massachusetts
These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.