Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.