Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.