A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

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

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

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

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

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

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

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

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

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

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

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

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

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

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

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

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.