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

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

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

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

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

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

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

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

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.

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

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

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

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