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

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

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

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

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.