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It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.