While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

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

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

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

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

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.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.