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The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

One was an astronomer who spent his life chasing solar eclipses, the other helped make Emily Dickinson famous.

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world. 

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

A home built and settled by a refugee of the Salem Witch Trials.

This Victorian home turned opera house may have a phantom of its own.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

This historic Massachusetts tavern played a critical role in the start of the American Revolution.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.