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

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

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

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

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

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

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

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

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

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"