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

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

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

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.