No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

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

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.