Salem, Massachusetts
The Parker Brothers’ Grave
They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!
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Salem, Massachusetts
They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!
Boston, Massachusetts
Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.
Boston, Massachusetts
A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.
Franklin, Massachusetts
America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.
Springfield, Massachusetts
This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.
Concord, Massachusetts
This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.
Northampton, Massachusetts
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Dover, New Hampshire
Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.
Kingston, New Hampshire
Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.
Rindge, New Hampshire
This open-air spiritual sanctuary offers stunning views of Mt. Monadnock and provides a natural and peaceful environment for worship and meditation.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'
Auburn, Massachusetts
A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.
Boston, Massachusetts
A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Boston, Massachusetts
This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Weare, New Hampshire
One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.