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.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

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

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

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

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.