"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

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

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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

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

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

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

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

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.