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

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

"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."

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

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

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

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

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

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