Weymouth, Massachusetts
Grape Island Straw Alarm
Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.
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Weymouth, Massachusetts
Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.
Hull, Massachusetts
The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.
Concord, Massachusetts
The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Orleans, Massachusetts
Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.
Eastham, Massachusetts
These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.
Milton, Massachusetts
The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Bartlett, New Hampshire
This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.
Colebrook, New Hampshire
A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.
Littleton, New Hampshire
A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.
Hart's Location, New Hampshire
Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.