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

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

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

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.