This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

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

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.