New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Bedford Fire Museum
This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.
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New Bedford, Massachusetts
This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.
Northampton, Massachusetts
A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a suffragist author.
Berlin, Massachusetts
The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.
Boston, Massachusetts
These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.
Scituate, Massachusetts
A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.
Ashland, Massachusetts
This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.
Boston, Massachusetts
This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.
Springfield, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.
Harvard, Massachusetts
A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.
Chilmark, Massachusetts
A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.
Marlboro, Massachusetts
America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.
Brookline, Massachusetts
The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.
Boston, Massachusetts
Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.
Gardner, Massachusetts
This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.
Petersham, Massachusetts
This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.
Halifax, Massachusetts
A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.