Boston, Massachusetts
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
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Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
New Haven, Connecticut
After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.
Providence, Rhode Island
Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.
Boston, Massachusetts
Radical Bookstore and Community Space.
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
The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.
South Burlington, Vermont
A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.
Fall River, Massachusetts
The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.
Medford, Massachusetts
Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.