This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

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.

"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."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

The world's most comprehensive collection of Willard timepieces is a celebration of early American clockmaking.

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."