Visitors to this public park will also find the ruins of an old western fort.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

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

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.