Quincy, Massachusetts
Granite Railway Incline
The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.
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Quincy, Massachusetts
The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."
Quincy, Massachusetts
This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.
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.
Easton, Massachusetts
The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.
Norton, Massachusetts
Ghostly specters are said to haunt this secluded cave where a famed Wampanoag leader spent the final days of his life.
Easton, Massachusetts
A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.
Halifax, Massachusetts
A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.
Duxbury, Massachusetts
It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.
Eastham, Massachusetts
This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Rochester, Massachusetts
Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."
Taunton, Massachusetts
This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.