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

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

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

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

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

The oldest playground in America.

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

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

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

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

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

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

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

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

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.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.