Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

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

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

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

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

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

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.