Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Captain Joshua Slocum Monument
A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.
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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.
Boston, Massachusetts
A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.
Orange, Massachusetts
The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.
Newton, Massachusetts
Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.
Westminster, Massachusetts
One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.
Hull, Massachusetts
A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.
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.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.
Ashland, Massachusetts
This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.
Medford, Massachusetts
The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.
Northampton, Massachusetts
A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.
Southbridge, Massachusetts
A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.
Boston, Massachusetts
This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Boston, Massachusetts
This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.