Danvers, Massachusetts
Endicott Pear Tree
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
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Danvers, Massachusetts
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
New York, New York
Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.
New York, New York
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
Elmira, New York
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
York, England
This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Salem, Massachusetts
The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.
Beverly, Massachusetts
Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.
Coventry, England
This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
Charlemont, Massachusetts
A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a suffragist author.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.
Sterling, Massachusetts
This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.
Boston, Massachusetts
A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.
Boston, Massachusetts
Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.