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A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

The oldest playground in America.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

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

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects