Places sierrawest Wants to Go

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

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.