Boston, Massachusetts
Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Providence, Rhode Island
The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.
Glocester, Rhode Island
A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.
Providence, Rhode Island
Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.
Newport, Rhode Island
You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Hartford, Connecticut
An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.
Stratford, Connecticut
A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Salisbury, Connecticut
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
Middletown, Connecticut
A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.
Roxbury, Connecticut
The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.