Webster, Massachusetts
Samuel Slater Experience
This interactive museum is dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and founder of one of the nation’s earliest boomtowns.
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Webster, Massachusetts
This interactive museum is dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and founder of one of the nation’s earliest boomtowns.
Framingham, Massachusetts
The largest collection of works by a pioneering Black woman sculptor is on display at this Massachusetts art museum.
Ashland, Massachusetts
This sculpture is dedicated to a local therapy dog who later became the official mascot of the 126th Boston Marathon.
Oxford, Massachusetts
Solitary stone structures and a tale of tragedy are all that remains of a historic settlement built by French Protestant refugees.
Oxford, Massachusetts
This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.
Natick, Massachusetts
Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.
Amherst, Massachusetts
A cultural center dedicated to the preservation of the Yiddish language and culture with over a million volumes.
Norton, Massachusetts
Ghostly specters are said to haunt this secluded cave where a famed Wampanoag leader spent the final days of his life.
Taunton, Massachusetts
This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.
Taunton, Massachusetts
This rocking chair headstone is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl.
Rutland, Massachusetts
The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.
Belchertown, Massachusetts
This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.
Ware, Massachusetts
The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Amherst, Massachusetts
Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.
Leominster, Massachusetts
The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.
Easton, Massachusetts
A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
This pavement line and accompanying statue commemorates the starting point for the world's oldest annual marathon.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Franklin, Massachusetts
America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.