One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

This bronze statue commemorates the life of the first Black American to publish a novel in the United States.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

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

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.

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

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.