The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.