Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Former private property that was hidden up a trail in the woods with thousands of bright yellow daffodils.

Historic seaside park featuring explorable, abandoned military structures.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

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

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

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

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.