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The original base for shipwreck rescues in Boston Harbor in the original Point Allerton Lifesaving Station opened in 1889.

This sculpture is dedicated to a famed cryptid and local icon allegedly witnessed in the early 19th century.

This pavement line and accompanying statue commemorates the starting point for the world's oldest annual marathon.

Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.

An inclusive, climate-resilient playground honors the life of a young Boston Marathon bombing victim.

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

This stone in Lexington honors a formerly enslaved man who fought during the American Revolution.

This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

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

An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

The aviator lived here from 1924 until she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane in 1928.

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

The American author whose "rags-to-riches" stories were popular during the Gilded Age.

The oldest brick saltbox house in America.

A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.

This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.

In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

This rocking chair headstone is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl.

The final resting place of a free Black soldier who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.