A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

Descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family still travel from far and wide to visit the 300-year-old home of their Quaker ancestors.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

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

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.