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A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

The oldest playground in America.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

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