Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

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

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

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

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

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

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.