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.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.