A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

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

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

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

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

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

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

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

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

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

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

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

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

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.