An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

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

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

All that remains of the former site of the final home of president Franklin Pierce.

New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.