The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

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

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.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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.