Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

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

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

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

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

The oldest playground in America.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

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

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.