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Unusual Attractions in Plymouth

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Plimoth Plantation

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Plymouth, Massachusetts

National Monument to the Forefathers

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

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Pilgrim Hall Museum

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

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Duxbury, Massachusetts

Myles Standish Burial Ground

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

4 miles from Plymouth

Halifax, Massachusetts

The Legs of Myles Standish

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

9 miles from Plymouth

Wareham, Massachusetts

Tremont Nail Company

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

13 miles from Plymouth

Wareham, Massachusetts

Porter Thermometer Museum

The world's best collection to gauge whether or not you should wear a scarf outside.

14 miles from Plymouth

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Stories About Plymouth

Every American schoolchild learns how Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive their first year in what's now Massachusetts, but the full story is far more complex.

Before Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, There Was Patuxet

Slavery, plague, and territorial conflict likely made the Europeans' arrival on Wampanoag land possible.

by Virginia Williams

February 22, 2021

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